“British National Party leader Nick Griffin has been invited to speak this February in University College Cork by the Politics and Government Society. We feel it is grossly irresponsible to invite this active fascist organiser to the college …” (more)
[Indymedia Ireland, 3 January]
“From this year, it will no longer be possible to study homoeopathy to degree level in a British university. The number of bachelor and masters degrees in subjects such as reflexology, aromatherapy, acupuncture and homoeopathy has halved since 2007, from more than 40 to 21. Many of the surviving courses are under review …” (more)
[Michael Hanlon, Daily Telegraph, 3 January]
“A colleague drew my attention to Microsoft Academic Search a new tool (currently in Beta) for checking citations, conferences and other academic and bibliographic data. I am not sure how good it is but it seems worth checking out …” (more)
[Kevin Denny: Economics more-or-less, 3 January]
