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Tag Archives: Academia
What do university rankings measure?
Making public or institutional decisions on the basis of no measures is bad. It is not however necessarily the case that making them on the basis of flawed measures is better. In the parable of the blind men and the elephant a number … Continue reading
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Tagged Academia, bibliometric indicators, higher education systems, rankings
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Behavioural Economics and the recession
This is a version of an opinion piece in the Irish Examiner 9 March 2013 One of the features of the recession, or depression or whatever it is we are going through is that the role of economists and economics … Continue reading
Posted in Blogpost, Journalism
Tagged Academia, bayes rule, behavioural economics, discounting, economy, science
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STEM and HSS journal cuts in Irish University Libraries
Universities are research and teaching institutions, and at the core of research lies the ability of the researcher to discover what is and what is not known about an area. This in effect involves as comprehensive review of the literature … Continue reading
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Tagged Academia, economy, libraries, politics, research, science, smart economy
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Downgrading Irish University Libraries
I have noted previously the hollowing out of the academic sector in the non replacement of professors who have left the Irish univeristies. Now we also see this in action in the university library sectors. Courtsey of Deputy Peter Mathews … Continue reading
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Tagged Academia, economy, library sectors, research, science, university library system
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What gets measured gets managed – so how can we manage research without measuring it?
This is an expanded version of the “Left Field” column published in the Irish Times.Over the last couple of years there has been a growing feeling amongst all stakeholders – government (supposedly representing the people), the administration (Department of Education … Continue reading
Posted in Blogpost, Journalism
Tagged Academia, academics, economy, education analysts, financial economists
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MOOC and me
So, starting a MOOC next week, on astrobiology and the search for extra terrestrial life. Hosted by coursera, it's out of Edinburgh. I'm interested to see how it works, and in particular the way it works as a student. MOOCs … Continue reading
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Tagged Academia, academic freedom, academics, internet, mooc, pedagogy
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What do or more like dont we know about Gold?
Earlier this week I was at a seminar in London organized by the London Bullion Market Association. I and some others spoke. Slides, and soon I understand, podcasts, of the event are available here and comments are welcome.
Public Sector, Private Sector, Public Money, Private Money
I spoke yesterday at the Irish Proshares Association ( a branch of IBEC), along with Jim Power and Constantin Gurdgiev. A gloom of economists indeed.Part of the discussion after our presentation got me thinking of the nature of the “debate” … Continue reading
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Tagged Academia, banking, banks, competitveness, economy, education, government, politics, property, public sector
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Economics in crisis?
This is a column published in the Irish examiner 27/October 2012 Economics is in crisis. We know that this is the case because many have said so. Even such personages as the queen of England, who famously is so divorced … Continue reading
Danish Mortgages in Ireland? No thanks
Senator Sean Barrett introduced a bill into the Senate this week to in effect restructure the Irish mortgage market along Danish (aka rational) lines. Stephen Kinsella on IrishEconomy has a post on it where he notes that the Minister nixd … Continue reading
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Tagged Academia, banking, Central Bank, denmark, economy, first time buyers, house prices, housing, mortgage bill, mortgage credit, mortgages, spanner in the works
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