Interdisciplinarity and Intellectual Excitement
I’ve been blogging on the connection between studying at university and work recently. I think this is important because the overwhelming...
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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 tab, top left. 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.
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Two problems with academic specialisation
One theme of this blog is the relative importance of specialising over staying broader in your education while at university –...
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...
Reclaiming Generalism
Ask yourself this: would you prefer your prime minister to have studied one thing at university or to have had a more rounded higher...
Breadth vs Depth in university education
Health Warning: I am finding it increasingly difficult to keep separate my personal views about education, as expressed on this blog, and...
The Khan Academy and undergraduate education
I’ve been struck today by this story on the BBC pages, which pulls together things I have been writing on the blog since I started and...
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...
Interdisciplinarity, future work and the learning of ‘languages’
Currently my work has me thinking about future employment, the world of work and the role of universities in preparing students for this...
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