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The Monday Morning Quote #457
“Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.” Omar Bradley
BPP shuts dental course as regulator raises safety concerns – Laurie Taylor’s take.
Students on course forced to find alternative programmes, as government plans to open English sector further to new providers. First, the truth: BPP University has shut a dentistry course after it failed to meet General Dental Council standards, leaving new students unable to start and existing undergraduates facing an uncertain future. Events at BPP, whichContinue reading “BPP shuts dental course as regulator raises safety concerns – Laurie Taylor’s take.”
The Monday Morning Quote #456
“War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.” Thomas Jefferson
Screwing people as the social norm
“Whenever a company decides it’s ok to screw its suppliers, its customers, or its employees, it is only a matter of time until it gets around to screwing all 3 groups. That is because the idea that screwing people is ok becomes the corporate mindset.” Comment by Howard on I, Cringely via reestheskin
The Monday Morning Quote #455
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” Henry Ford
Word of the day – Mediocracy & a video to match….
MEANING: noun: Rule by the mediocre. ETYMOLOGY: A blend of mediocre + -ocracy (rule). Earliest documented use: 1845. USAGE: “Why are gifted individuals always forced out by the mediocracy?” Christopher Fowler; The Victoria Vanishes; Bantam; 2008. IDEAS: (I notice that comments are now disabled for the video, a shame because I would like to see if there was anybodyContinue reading “Word of the day – Mediocracy & a video to match….”
The Monday Morning Quote #454
“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, no one is entitled to his own facts.” Daniel Patrick Moynihan (via Michael Bungay Stanier)
The new reformation or just a course adjustment?
The university must be the site of the next Reformation – here’s why. “Nevertheless, both students and their potential employers are led to believe that academic credentials confer on students that what they have learned at university constitutes knowledge that is more durable than it really is. And all of this is made possible simply becauseContinue reading “The new reformation or just a course adjustment?”
The Monday Morning Quote #453
“The Pub is the poor man’s University – but only if you can escape from it.” Irish saying
The Incisal Edge 