User talk:Totallycrazyman

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New College Humanities

Hello Totallycrazyman! I'm collecting information for a 'criticism' sub-section for the New College Humanities page as it is proving to be a heavily contentious and discussed issue in the media and elsewhere at the moment to the extent that it is reasonable to have a sub-section on the wiki. I am a wiki-novice and could use some help collating all the information I've seen on the news and blogosphere. You only have to type Grayling into google news to get enough stuff for a large crit section, but here is some of the most apt sources I've found so far:

- http://studenttheory.wordpress.com/2011/06/06/new-college-for-the-humanities-emperor’s-new-clothes/ (this is just a simple summary of the key viewpoints, for example, how different this collage is to Ivy league ones (which as that seems to be a main selling point of the university might be important))
- http://anticuts.com/2011/06/05/the-new-privatised-order-18k-and-a-lecture-from-niall-ferguson/ (here is an exchange of emails between Grayling and Sean Rizzo (the head of Birkbeck Student Union) in which the main objections and Grayling's responses to them are outlined)
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jun/06/ac-graylings-new-private-univerity-is-odious (Terry Eagleton's curt response to the collage)
- http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/79981,people,news,ac-grayling-new-college-of-humanities-hit-by-plagiarism-row-nch-richard-dawkins (here is stuff about them plagiarizing Birkbeck and Holloway)
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/jun/06/ac-grayling-private-university-syllabus (here is another article on the Guardian saying the same thing)
- http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/indialenon/100090894/three-reasons-why-the-new-college-of-the-humanities-will-fail/ (here is a right wing criticism of the university)
- http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/dominic-lawson/dominic-lawson-a-private-sector-oxbridge-not-exactly-2293915.html (here is a piece on how this new collage is not like Oxbridge)
- http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=416405&c=1 (here are some good quotes from right winger Blackstone who is against the collage)
- http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=416405&c=1 (here is an interview between Grayling and Blackstone)
- http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/cristinaodone/100090770/the-university-of-big-hair-and-big-heads/ (another right winger attacking the curriculum for being too ideological)
- http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=416422 (a piece by someone who had a course of theirs plagiarized by the collage (good quote "Students at the New College of the Humanities will take the University of London External BA exams, so for English literature they’ll get the teaching materials written in the 1990s at Goldsmiths. Apparently my fresh-from-a-BA reflections on early modern drama strike the New College professoriate as suitable promotional material for their £18,000-a-year degree.")

Anyway, I hope that's not too much to dump. It is just stuff I am trying to organize so I thought I'd share with a fellow wiki-er who might be doing the same thing.

Best - Heathcoteheat — Preceding unsigned comment added by Heathcoteheat (talk • contribs) 11:21, 7 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Totallycrazyman, I noticed your little modification to this article: The announcement attracted a substantial response in the UK, and a significant amount of adverse publicity, where most higher education institutions are publicly funded. I was wondering if you could have another look. I feel the last bit (where most of the ..) reads a little strangely. (This was true, but in my view a little less true, in the earlier version The announcement attracted a substantial and mixed response in the UK, where most higher education institutions are publicly funded.) I read and "mixed response" as implying critical but... Anyway feel free to ignore this - I am just a bit worried that this addition will lead to another mass revert. Best wishes (Msrasnw (talk) 10:47, 27 June 2011 (UTC))[reply]

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