Sur le blog de Michel Abhervé pour Alternatives économiques. Nous n'avions pas perçu que le vénérable Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière avait changé de nom et que le solidaire s'était substitué au solidaire. Plus...
Sur le blog de Michel Abhervé pour Alternatives économiques. Le 3 mai a été proclamé Journée mondiale de la liberté de la presse par l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies en 1993, suivant la recommandation adoptée lors de la vingt-sixième session de la Conférence générale de l’UNESCO en 1991. Plus...
Sur le blog de Michel Abhervé pour Alternatives économiques. Il serait intéressant que s'organise autour du sujet un vrai débat. En tous cas, on ne peut que constater que vouloir tirer de enseignements autre que logistiques pour l'organisation d'un service obligatoire à partir d'expérimentations réalisées avec des volontaires. Plus...
Sur le blog "Histoires d'universités" de Pierre Dubois. Antoine Lumière (1840-1911) a fait fortune avec les plaques photographiques, épaulé pour cela par ses deux fils, Auguste (1862-1954) et Louis (1864-1948).Sur le blog "Histoires d'universités" de Pierre Dubois. Antoine Lumière est le père des deux frères Lumière, les inventeurs du cinématographe. Plus...
There was a time, perhaps twenty years ago, when the whole world wanted the American system of higher education. The United States had the world’s most buoyant economy and a booming tech market, all apparently underpinned by a great, meritocratic system of universities. More...To continue with the occasional post on random books on the shelves at HESA Towers, today I want to talk about this book pictured below. It doesn’t look like much, but it’s one of the most intriguing things kicking around the office. It dates from the summer of 1967 and is called “The Gourman Report”. More...No doubt everyone has heard about the ginormous ($1.25 trillion) promise that Massachusetts Senator and Democratic Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren made around post-secondary education last week. More...At about 3 AM tomorrow, Eastern Daylight time, Japanese Emperor Akihito will abdicate the Chyrsanthemum Throne in favour of his son, Naruhito. With that, the Heisei Era will end and the Reiwa Era will begin (time in Japan being marked by Imperial reigns; after their death, emperors become known by the “reign names”, which is why we know refer to Emperor Hirohito as the Showa Emperor and yes this does go all go back to Han-era China, why do you ask). More...Tomorrow is the fourth of May. In North America, this day has jokingly become known as “Star Wars Day” (i.e. “May the Fourth Be With You”). But in China, it has a very different meaning. For it was one hundred years ago tomorrow that one of the most important students revolts of all time began. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
