Once again, Karina Luzia (aka @acahacker) puts in a tweet something that takes me a few more words. Acahacking the #thirdspace (Ref: Ramsden, 1998 ’Learning to lead in higher education’) #highered pic.twitter.com/ZIqlxtytPK — Karina Luzia (@acahacker) August 7, 2019 As careers progress, many academics find themselves in the middle. I've mentioned Winter's work Academic manager … Continue reading You are here
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Thinking and forgetting
I have had a few forgetting incidents in the last couple of weeks: a word (artifact, thanks to Kylie who reminded me twice), names (sorry Adwar!) and scheduling mistakes. Perhaps it is the heat (it's scorching in Sydney right now, with a forecast of 38ºC in my suburb today), age (the oldest I've ever been), … Continue reading Thinking and forgetting
Less-than-perfect capabilities
I have a love/ hate relationship with university graduate capabilities statements. You know, those ubiquitous institutional claims about the attributes of their graduates, and the skills, knowledge, values and dispositions their degrees impart. For example: Our students will enter a globalising world of major environmental change and resource constraints, of scientific and technological advance and … Continue reading Less-than-perfect capabilities
The Slow Academic 