287: TURN YOUR UNREAD PHD INTO A NOVEL:
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/phd-thesis-unread-british-writer-hits-novel-solution
286: US Department of Education Chief explains what’s wrong with Rankings:
https://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/raise-bar-bold-action-results-college-excellence-and-equity
285: Xi Jingping advises Chinese Universities to pull out of the University Rankings Tables:
284: Afghan Scholars at Risk:
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20210825174712995
137: PHD Graduates are being advised to look for work outside the Academy:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/job-seeking-ph-d-holders-look-to-life-outside-school-1465924943
138: Hong Kong Tiger Mum: Plan education “from the moment of ejaculation”
Hothouse Parenting in Hong Kong: plan education “from the moment of ejaculation”
140: Financial Times: The Age of Free Market Universities:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c662168a-38c5-11e6-a780-b48ed7b6126f.html
141: Exam Pressures in China lead to suicidal behaviour:
142: Educational Inequality in Hong Kong:
http://www.wangyujian.com/?p=3425&lang=en
143: Hong Kong Free Press: Inequality at heart of HK education:
Let’s criticise the inequality at the core of our education system, not just the symptoms
144: HISTORY OF SCHOOL STREAMING METHODS IN THE UK:
http://www.educationengland.org.uk/articles/27grouping.html
145: SCHOOL STREAMING ONLY HELPS BRIGHTEST STUDENTS in UK:
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/sep/25/school-streaming-pupils-english-primaries
146: UK SCHOOLS – MIXED ABILITY Schools do Better than STREAMED SCHOOLS:
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/aug/08/streaming-pupils-limits-aspirations
147: STRESS LEVELS among HK Students:
148: 40% of HK STudents feel stress:
http://www.chinadailyasia.com/hknews/2016-03/24/content_15406178.html
149: 3 suicides in 3 weeks and Student Stress Levels;
Third student suicide in three weeks raises alarm bells over stress levels
150: 22 student suicides since start of year – stress levels intense;
151: How stressed out is Hong Kong?
http://hk-magazine.com/article/inside-hk/hk-stories/13926/pressure-points-how-stressed-out-hong-kong
152: 90% of students are stressed out:
153: STUDY ON STRESS IN HK:
http://dspace.cityu.edu.hk/handle/2031/5815
154: English Medium of Instruction (EMI) helps students with their English:
http://enews.hkbu.edu.hk/view_article.php?id=17981
155: Decision time on Funding for the Future of Irish Higher Education:
156: New Report to Be Published on Irish Third Level Education:
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/third-level-colleges-face-new-performance-targets-1.2717350
157: Hong KOng DSE Results Published – only 15,000 out of 67,000 will go on to UGC universities:
Short Term Academic Contracts Increase at UGC Universities to 26.5% of all tertiary positions:
http://www.ejinsight.com/20160713-how-a-phd-graduate-can-end-up-as-cheap-labor-in-our-universities/
160: Student Debt in America:
https://next.ft.com/content/545b6bcc-dbaf-11e5-98fd-06d75973fe09
161: Degrees do not increase Social Mobility for Poorest in the US:
https://next.ft.com/content/27212742-5426-11e6-9664-e0bdc13c3bef
162: Clinton Embraces Sanders’ Education plan for Free Public Universities and Colleges but makes it In-State for those earning up to 125,000:
163: Poorer Pupils less likely to go to Outstanding Schools in the UK:
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-36926766
164: Graduates in UK earning 20,000 after 10 years- The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/aug/13/quarter-of-graduates-are-low-earners
165: Longitudinal Education Outcomes Study UK:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-outcomes-longitudinal-education-outcomes-leo-data
166: Number of Hong Kong secondary students applying to Chinese universities increases tenfold:
167: Students’ ambitions curtailed due to House Prices in Hong Kong:
168: Hong Kong families turn to International Schools as students risk burn-out in local schools:
169: Hong Kong Columnist claims inequality is falling:
170: Hong Kong journalist claims academics discussing independence on campus are hypocrites:
171: The Infantilising of young people because of too much College etc:
http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/why-my-generation-must-fight-to-secure-our-adulthood-1.2758076
172: Irish Students and Erasmus post-Brexit:
173: No Guidelines to be given on Discussion of Independence in Hong Kong:
174: English Down in As Choice for students by 5% in A-Levels in Britain:
175: Growing Surveillance of Students in Universities for “Learning Analytics”
176: Non-Chinese speakers left out of the loop in Hong Kong Information loop:
177: UK post BREXIT needs to focus on Technical Colleges and Courses:
https://www.ft.com/content/7f49b034-7126-11e6-a0c9-1365ce54b926
178: Too much focus on the Economic Argument in Hong Kong:
179: OECD criticises UK Government’s decision to create more grammar schools by using Hong Kong as a model of “profound” selection methods!
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/33290290-7ab8-11e6-b837-eb4b4333ee43.html#axzz4KOra5zP3
180: Theresa May is bringing Universities into the mix with her revamping of school selection in UK:
“Universities, Mrs May said, would also be pushed to establish local schools and get to “the root of the problem”, which is that not enough children from disadvantaged backgrounds make it into higher education”
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c683ffca-769b-11e6-b60a-de4532d5ea35.html#axzz4KOra5zP3
181: Loneliness among young people as the new money spinner:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/20/loneliness-next-great-moneyspinner
182: China’s Student Labour Regime:
http://apjjf.org/-Jenny-Chan/4372
183: OECD argues that “low-growth” internationally – largely based on equality and the reaction against globalisation – can be off-set by investing in education:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/130998c6-7f63-11e6-8e50-8ec15fb462f4.html#axzz4KsevLhZz
184: We’re not trying to get rid of human expression – claims Google’s Director Mr. Fox about its new Allo;
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fe324068-7f82-11e6-bc52-0c7211ef3198.html#axzz4KsevLhZz
185: New Communication advances in intelligent digital assistant ware:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/879c7cce-1d86-11e6-a7bc-ee846770ec15.html#axzz4KqS5qZWC
186: Unfair funding system for universities in Hong Kong:
187: Why Academic Freedoms do not necessarily make for Highly Ranked Universities:
188: Chris Patten says academic freedom under threat in HK:
189: Academic Freedom is important for Hong Kong:
190: Mao’s Rise in Modern China;
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/63a5a9b2-85cd-11e6-8897-2359a58ac7a5.html
191: Inequality decreased after the financial crisis:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5aae6948-88a2-11e6-8cb7-e7ada1d123b1.html#axzz4M0PHqJFA
192: Students Protest in South Africa after a Rise in Fees:
193: New International School in Hong Kong: Stamford American
194: Stronger Together in Education: On Clinton’s and Trump’s education policies:
http://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2016/10/17/stronger_together_in_education_1733.html
195: William J Bennet – What the Republican Administration should do with education in the US:
196: More Hong Kong people falling beneath the cracks in terms of poverty:
197: Irish ITs in trouble:
http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/1104/829062-institutes/
198: English native speakers worst communicators:
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20161028-native-english-speakers-are-the-worlds-worst-communicators
199: Lack of International Students in HK universities:
200: Young Hong Kong People have nowhere to go!
201: Why Chinese “parachute kids” study in the US:
202: MY LETTER ON INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:
203: Hong Kong Kindergartens raise fees:
204: More money for schools in Hong Kong but chiefly targets more internships in China:
205: Chinese students have a national identity crisis and lack “national identity”:
206: Inequality rife in Irish schools:
207: Private Schools Tighten grip on Top University Places:
208: Irish students being force into university due to its “snob value”:
209: Xi Jinping calls for stronger more Marxist ideological work in universities:
xinhua Xi Jinping on Universities
210: A China Crisis looms because of Corruption and Crony Capitalism:
https://www.ft.com/content/6a1b4010-be4c-11e6-8b45-b8b81dd5d080
211: University Rankings are flawed:
http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/1215/838990-university-rankings/
212: On Xi Jinping’s control of Universities:
213: Expensive International Schools boom in China:
214: Figures on parents applying for Expensive International and Best Schools in Beijing:
215: Details about International Schools in China and their refusal to teach Ideology:
215: Shandong academic’s weibo comments about MAO cause violent protests and he has to resign:
Video: Shandong academic’s criticism of revolutionary leader Mao Zedong sparks violent protest
216: Sun Yat-Sen University Bans students and staff from discussing “constitutional democracy” in its new constitution:
217: My article on International Students in Hong Kong:
218: Middle Class Parents Protest at Chinese University Admissions Policy in China:
http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/families/article/2068824/anger-chinas-middle-class-over-education-system-growing-and-it
219: private elitist education expanding in Marxist China:
http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2070394/private-school-operators-head-hong-kong-financing-expand
220: Private Universities and Online education soars in China: Education for Farmers:
http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2068212/private-universities-and-online-education-providers-tipped
221: New Legal Bill on Private Education in China and how education companies can get foreign investment:
http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2044818/markets-divided-true-effects-chinas-new-private-school-law
22: Private Education Companies seek listings in Hong Kong:
http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2021687/chinese-school-operators-seek-ipos-hong-kong-amid-burgeoning
223 1.8 million Hong Kongers don’t have enough space for recreation:
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2073767/more-18-million-hongkongers-dont-have-enough-open
223: Chinese legal scholars racialise Human rights thinking:
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2077521/experts-line-throw-book-hong-kongs-foreign-judges
224: Inglorious Empire: Shashi Tharoor on British Colonialism in India:
http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/inglorious-empire-india-strikes-back-1.3004235
225: “Fact-Checking” feature premiers on Facebook around Irish Slave story and meme:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/22/facebook-fact-checking-tool-fake-news
226: How free education has helped Ireland:
http://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/in-ireland-free-education-has-more-than-proved-its-worth-1.3022196
227: The Irish Narrative of Success is former Colonies abroad:
http://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/wild-geese-donn-holohan-designer-and-architect-hong-kong-1.3018649
228: Foreign students down in US Colleges: last 1 million generated 32 billion and supported 400,000 jobs
http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/survey-finds-foreign-students-aren-t-applying-american-colleges-n738411
229: Chinese Authorities say Shantou University is not “managing international staff” sufficiently well:
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2082818/chinese-communist-party-targets-university-known-global
230: Xi Jinping calls for universities to be guided by Marxist ideology:
China’s Xi calls for stricter party control of universities amid broad crackdown on academic freedom
231: Nearly all US Occupy Wall Street Arrests (67) quashed or settled out of court:
:http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/18/n-y-occupy-wall-streetactivistfaces7yearsinprison.html
232: Another new Irish Online Forum – NEW TO THE PARISH – focuses on university exchanges:
http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/in-ireland-i-can-pay-attention-to-what-i-am-doing-1.3026478
233: UK Pension Nightmare for EXPATS:
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/apr/12/the-older-expats-facing-poverty-thanks-to-brexit-and-frozen-pensions
234: UK Government commits 536 million to Selective Education and “Free Schools”
https://www.ft.com/content/245e7afa-62bb-3e5d-9083-76374afecee7
235: UK govt to set up 500 “free schools” by 2020 where selection will be 100% based on ability:
https://www.ft.com/content/bad85062-0288-11e7-aa5b-6bb07f5c8e12
237: evidence of International Funds being used to affect the democratic process in Ireland:
http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/breda-o-brien-foreign-funding-buys-undemocratic-influence-1.3056989
238: Retired Teacher in China rapped for talking to foreign media:
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2091250/new-chill-falls-over-academic-speech-china
239: Poverty In Hong Kong: Those living in poverty (earning less than half the median monthly income) increase:
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2091584/tale-two-cities-and-two-incomes-hong-kong
240: Poverty Rate in Hong Kong increases to 14.7% or 970,000 people: median income for a one-person household is 3,800. Median income for a two-person household is 8,800. Median income for a 3 person household is 14,000.
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2091591/fair-
Median rate share-all-hong-kongs-poorest-are-danger
241: China’s History Problem affects all in Universities in China writes Robert Bickers:
http://www.scmp.com/culture/books/article/2091436/why-you-cant-believe-word-xi-jinping-says-about-history-according
242: Ireland considers bringing in fees for Third Level Education:
http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/student-loan-scheme-is-the-best-option-for-ireland-1.3068675
243: J P McManus Funds 125 Scholarships for Less Well-Off students in Ireland:
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/jp-mcmanus-spends-32m-on-college-scholarships-for-low-income-students-1.3072570
244: OXFORD PRINCIPAL SAYS FEES NEEDED IN IRISH UNIVERSITIES TO IMPROVE UNIVERSITY RANKINGS:
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/oxford-academic-blames-poor-funding-for-irish-universities-rankings-slide-1.3074763
245: Hong Kong Education too Colonialist:
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2093398/hong-kong-school-system-needs-overhaul-says-ex
246: Mindfulness as a practice related to the Japanese and the Haiku:
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170504-the-japanese-skill-copied-by-the-world
247: What is the Level of Poverty in Hong Kong?
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2095117/how-many-hongkongers-are-really-living-poverty
248:
Nationalism in China:
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2095386/backlash-over-us-graduation-speech-humiliated-china-and
250: MY PIECE IN IRISH TIMES:
http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/i-was-warned-by-another-academic-on-leaving-ireland-you-ll-never-get-back-in-1.3095054
251: Hong Kong Universities should boost international student numbers:
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2095904/hong-kongs-universities-should-look-beyond-mainland
252:
Chinese student in the US on patriotism:
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2095872/chinese-student-us-speaks-out-patriotism-after-maryland-speech
253: British Boarding Schools Bring their Elitism to China:
http://www.scmp.com/business/article/2095981/british-boarding-schools-journey-east-give-chinese-elites-taste-prestige
254: International School Fees in China and HK:
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2052489/china-has-highest-international-school-tuition
255: Competition most extreme in Hong Kong and Ireland:
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2017/0531/879416-ireland-competitive-ranking/
256: Hong Kong – one of the highest regions on the slavery index:
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2096651/little-progress-erwiana-activists-slam-lack
257: Hong KONG IS THE SECOND MOST UNEQUAL CITY IN THE WORLD:
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2097715/what-hope-poorest-hong-kong-wealth-gap-hits-record-high
258: HONG KONG STUDENTS WATCHING MORE PORN BUT KNOW LESS ABOUT SEX:
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2097985/worrying-rise-hong-kong-pupils-watching-porn-their
259: Education in Hong Kong needs more SOULWARE – preparing students’ “Mindset”:
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2098831/hong-kongs-education-system-needs-more-heart-and-soulware
260: IRISH INEQUALITY: 1 in 5 Irish Children living in households where no parent is employed:
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/household-and-youth-unemployment-levels-concerning-expert-warns-1.3126474
261: ALL TOP HKDSE STUDENTS FROM “ELITE SCHOOLS”
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2102305/secondary-school-top-scorers-share-their-hopes
262: Scholars reportedly funded by Google:
http://www.chronicle.com/article/Scholars-Cry-Foul-at-Their/240635
263: HONG KONG”S NOT SPECIAL AND HONG KONG’s one country two systems AS DEVOLUTION:
264: CROSS-BORDER ISSUES FOR HONG KONG WITH THE POWER_SHAING INITIATIVE FOR THE HIGH SPEED TRAIN:
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2103807/political-time-bomb-ticks-joint-cross-border-customs-hong
265: What does it mean to be a Hong Konger?
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2106672/cantonese-speaking-ethnic-chinese-arent-only-ones-who#comments
266: More than half of students show signs of depression in HK:
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2108850/more-half-hong-kong-secondary-school-pupils-show
267: The Hong Kong Border and Smuggling
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2109019/women-banknotes-taped-their-bodies-tried-carry-more-hk13
268: The Debate over Independence posters in Hong Kong:
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2110566/hong-kong-college-head-condemns-vile-student-over
269: China Daily compares Independence talk in Hong Kong to Nazism in Germany:
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2110585/ban-advocacy-hong-kong-independence-beijing-mouthpiece-says
270: Alex Lo: Hong Kong has entered the post-truth age:
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2110571/banner-row-has-hong-kong-entering-post-truth-era
271: Senior academics in Irish Universities to be allowed salaries up to 250,000:
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/universities-to-be-allowed-to-hire-staff-on-up-to-250-000-1.3286314
272: Ireland falls further behind on education:
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/ireland-falls-behind-on-education-due-to-lack-of-spending-1.3293439
273: Private Schools in Ireland send more to university:
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/private-schools-dominate-league-showing-third-level-access-1.3315633
274: Privately educated have greater access to university:
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/privately-educated-elite-have-greater-access-to-third-level-1.3310813
275: Ireland and Remittances:
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/patrick-smyth-ireland-s-immigrants-sent-home-1-8-billion-last-year-1.2179747
276: Loneliness experiment at Manchester:
https://www.seed.manchester.ac.uk/education/
277: Benefits of being a loner:
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180228-there-are-benefits-to-being-antisocial-or-a-loner
278: Apple and IRELAND: IMF WARNS THAT ONE QUARTER OF IRISH GDP RISE DOWN TO APPLE SALES AND YET IRELAND DOES NOT EVEN HAVE AN APPLE STORE:
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2018/0417/955163-iphone-effect-on-irish-economy/
279: Irish Folktales and Mysteries Transcribed Online:
https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/ireland-s-darkest-oddest-and-weirdest-secrets-uncovered-1.3418059
280. On the VALUE OF EMPATHY EDUCATION:
https://www.rte.ie/eile/brainstorm/2018/0423/956519-how-empathy-education-in-schools-can-benefit-everyone/
281: ACADEMIC BARBARISM ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE CAUSE OF A PROFESSOR”S DEATH:
http://aftruth.com/political/prof-mayosi-killed-by-academic-barbarism-alienating-capitalism/
282: President of Peking University replaced by Communist Party Official: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/11/15/academics-alarmed-ouster-university-president-china
283: Hong Kong government removes the word ‘Handover’ from its website:
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2144478/calling-1997-event-handover-belies-substance-momentous
Academic Barbarism 