CARL GOMBRICH - BLOG

Higher Education, Interdisciplinarity, and some related things like Expertise and Future of Work

Welcome to my new blog. You can read more about me in the About section. I'm looking forward to getting back to 'writing and thinking out loud' about Higher Education, Interdisciplinarity and other things that interest me. You can talk to me either here or on my linked Twitter feed.

Education for ‘specialisation’ in the knowledge economy

There are many reasons to believe that a liberal and interdisciplinary education in arts and sciences is the best to prepare you for work...

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Mar 25, 20156 min read

Work, skills, education and 21st century blarney

Had a good ol’ chat with Tom Bennett on Twitter last night. In case you don’t know Tom (and neither do I, really) he’s a superb edu...

carlgombrich

Jul 4, 20144 min read

Academic vlogging II

Can a vlog ever be truly academic? What about academic register? The right use of jargon? Are we ‘rushing to print (video)’ when we vlog,...

carlgombrich

Apr 4, 20121 min read

Vlogging and academic work

What are the implications of the move towards video for academic work? For culture? For history? Economically for the protagonists? Some...

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Apr 2, 20122 min read

Assessment in universities

The way we assess students at university is currently subject to some interesting challenges. I discuss two of these challenges in the...

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Apr 1, 20121 min read

International students and UK credentials

Since I blogged on the dangers of UK universities relying on their credentials in the current climate of change in HE, I’ve been thinking...

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Feb 8, 20124 min read

Interdisciplinarity and individuation

A tweet about this conference on ‘Promises’ has me thinking about interdisciplinarity in education: the promises it holds and the risks...

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Jan 16, 20124 min read

Global anxieties, local hope

My current job takes me out to talk to young people. I visit schools, and also they come to our university to discuss the Arts and...

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Sep 30, 20115 min read

Economist bashing – enough already?

I am one of those who has enjoyed taking a pop at many academic economists recently. Informally and to friends, I have compared academic...

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Sep 28, 20115 min read

Thoughts on the work of J M Greer: The Wealth of Nature

Reading The Wealth of Nature by J M Greer and enjoying it very much. The chapter called The Metaphysics of Money is particularly...

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Sep 28, 20114 min read

Thoughts on entropy, energy and economics

This is one of many blogs in which I try to work out my picture of economics and its implications for our futures. These attempts will...

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Sep 18, 20116 min read

Social science and value judgements

I had a nice conversation with one of my favourite philosophers at UCL recently, a man I respect greatly. His main research area has been...

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Sep 3, 20115 min read

Experts, PhDs, research, employment – and musicians

There is anxiety that the UK is not producing enough PhD level researchers, particularly in science and engineering. The view of some...

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Sep 2, 20114 min read

The good ship Society – a metaphor

Our collective social, political and economic stability is like a ship. This ship travels the waves of history, floating on the seas of...

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Aug 26, 20113 min read

The Financial Crisis 2008 and the Miners’ Crisis 1980s

We are told by the media that any regulation of the financial sector will result in that sector ‘going elsewhere’, taking their business...

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Aug 22, 20113 min read

Debt

A debt that will not be repaid is a theft. A system based on debt only works if the creditors believe they will get their money back....

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Aug 21, 20113 min read

Economics – where are we?

I write as an amateur in economics. By that I mean that no-one has yet paid me for my views on economics, nor do I have any formal...

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Aug 19, 20114 min read

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CARL GOMBRICH - BLOG

Education for ‘specialisation’ in the knowledge economy

Work, skills, education and 21st century blarney

Academic vlogging II

Vlogging and academic work

Assessment in universities

International students and UK credentials

Interdisciplinarity and individuation

Global anxieties, local hope

Economist bashing – enough already?

Thoughts on the work of J M Greer: The Wealth of Nature

Thoughts on entropy, energy and economics

Social science and value judgements

Experts, PhDs, research, employment – and musicians

The good ship Society – a metaphor

The Financial Crisis 2008 and the Miners’ Crisis 1980s

Debt

Economics – where are we?

CONTACT

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