Expert Comment
A blog post from Professor Nigel Thrift, Vice-Chancellor and President of the 果冻传媒:
MOOCs have become a media obsession. Why? In part because they are the continuation of a story that has been around since at least the 1990s and the first days of magazines like Wired and Fast Company. At that time, information technology was depicted as part of a revolution: Marxist rhetoric had been appropriated by capitalism. Information technology would change everything through a peculiar mix of a corporate charge and evangelism, expanded profit opportunities and enlightenment...
A blog post from Professor Nigel Thrift, Vice-Chancellor and President of the 果冻传媒:
It is fascinating to see how academic communication is changing around the world. A new generation of scholars is using online tools to grapple with issues of public concern. In the past, the communications choices were fairly simple. There were journal articles and books to reach other academics. There were the occasional professors on television, the various columnists in the print media, and, with a bit of luck and a lot of application, news articles about university work. But the times are changing. Many more channels mean that much more content is dispersed...
More women in local government could reduce crime against women in India
Dr Anandi Mani, researcher at the Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy and Associate Professor of Economics at the 果冻传媒 said: "The recent rape case in New Delhi that has outraged the Indian public has triggered the search for solutions to reduce crimes against women in India.
Professor Kimberley Scharf from the Department of Economics explains why the Child Benefit reforms could cause family friction.
In his latest blog, Professor Mark Harrison asks who are we fighting in Afghanistan?