Category: activism
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The lost railways at our door
We have lived in Donmouth for about 17 years now, long enough to have found interesting details in the landscape. Soon after we arrived, back when the salmon nets still...
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Cancelling the TV License
Here in the UK, most people pay a separate subscription to support the BBC; it’s called a TV License, and I have always seen it as being like a voluntary...
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Skills network incubator for speakers of rare languages
Asian University for Women recruits students from a range of disenfranchised or marginalised groups. I’m not—just now—going to dig into the slipperiness of how a World Bank funded institution might...
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Living yourself out of a corner
While I’m on the short, reflective posts: everyone (especially those who have ever actually painted a floor) is familiar with the concept of painting yourself into a corner. Once you’ve...
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Mindful administration and other insights
Among its many other initiatives, Fo Guang Shan sponsors a University Presidents’ Forum each year in early November. FGS sponsors five HE institutions around the Pacific: Nan Hua and Fo...