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Academic Diary: Or Why Higher Education Still Matters

Academic Diary: Or Why Higher Education Still Matters

Back, Les

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Biographies GeneralGeneral Education

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ISBN10: 1906897581
ISBN13: 9781906897581
Publisher: Goldsmiths Press
Published: Mar 25 2016
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.70
Language: English
Sharp and witty observations of academic life that range from the local to the global, from PowerPoint to the halls of power.

Is a university education still relevant? What are the forces that threaten it? Should academics ever be allowed near Twitter? In Academic Diary, Les Back has chronicled three decades of his academic career, turning his sharp and often satirical eye to the everyday aspects of life on campus and the larger forces that are reshaping it. Presented as a collection of entries from a single academic year, the diary moves from the local to the global, from PowerPoint to the halls of power. With entries like Ivory Towers and The Library Angel, these smart, humorous, and sometimes absurd campus tales not only demystify the opaque rituals of scholarship but also offer a personal perspective on the far-reaching issues of university life.

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