Today we gather in vigil for the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, marking the anniversary of the murder of 14 young women at Polytechnique Montréal: fal.cn/3udgt
Heartening news out of Germany. Proctorio has lost a major client. @TU_Muenchen (whose logo used to be on Proctorio's website) announces that "the exam option "proctoring with Proctorio" is no longer available". They guarantee a face-to-face alternative. prolehre.tum.de/en/prolehre/…
In Finland, all new PhD holders are given a traditional PhD Sword & Top Hat during a Conferment Ceremony. The sword & hat symbolise the freedom of research and the fight for what is good, right and true.
The perfect way to wrap-up our Data Smart Schools project! It was wonderful to discuss the datafication of schools and schooling today with @Neil_Selwyn @lucipangrazio @lyndsayg @juliane_jarke @irzakhar. Live illustrations of the discussions by @JennyLeonardArt! Thank you all!
As a customer I didn't expect @musiciansfriend to be such a spammy company but the promo emails keep flooding in, even after multiple unsubscribes. Disappointing.
Across Latin America, a generation of young sound artists and producers are unsettling Eurocentric assumptions about the boundaries of ambient music
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Alberta govt. fires Athabasca University Board members over dispute re. locating staff in the town. For my comments see: tonybates.ca/2022/10/06/the-… Only in Alberta!
Nice flip: “The failure [during the pandemic] was in the robustness of face to face education, and yet that is the model that must be adhered to in the view of many.”