Tag: Education

Call for Papers: Special Issue of the British Journal of Aesthetics

NB: This notice has been placed here at the request of one of the guest editors. DS Special Issue of the British Journal of Aesthetics on “Transnational Feminist Aesthetics” Firm deadline for submissions: 15th June 2026Please adhere to the deadline as we are on a strict production schedule. Guest Editors: Peg Brand Weiser (Indiana University, Emerita)                       Sukhvinder Shahi (University of Arizona)                       Ritwik Agrawal (University of Arizona) This special issue… Read More Call for Papers: Special Issue of the British Journal of Aesthetics

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‘India’s First Radicals’ argues for a generous assessment of 19th-century Indian intellectual life

NB: Those who bang on about Macaulay’s Minute on education (1835) should acquaint themselves with this early Indian patriot, whose work in education inspired a generation and who preceded Macaulay by many years. DS The men of Young Bengal emerge not as pale imitations of British liberals, but as creative political thinkers who addressed India’s… Read More ‘India’s First Radicals’ argues for a generous assessment of 19th-century Indian intellectual life

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Social Media Is Absolutely Nuking Children’s Brains, New Research Finds

“Our study suggests that it is specifically social media that affects children’s ability to concentrate.” By Victor Tangermann A barrage of AI-generated brain rot is haunting children across numerous screens, from personal smartphones to school-issued laptops to televisions. Social media is adding significantly to that cacophony, making it harder than ever for kids to concentrate. Now, new research… Read More Social Media Is Absolutely Nuking Children’s Brains, New Research Finds

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Scholar GN Devy asks whether India risks becoming an anti-knowledge nation

NB: Anyone with the faintest idea of what is happening to Indian education will understand the importance of this book by this esteemed and highly accomplished scholar. The policies of our rulers can be described as nothing less than assault on education. Government enthusiasts could ask themselves why every year, hundreds of thousands of Indian… Read More Scholar GN Devy asks whether India risks becoming an anti-knowledge nation

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Is this the End for Larry Summers at Harvard?

Just last month, Summers staged a demonstration against an installation by Harvard’s Palestine Solidarity Committee, The Harvard Crimson reported, calling the installation “the moral equivalent of racism.” Now it’s Summers’s morals that are being questioned. NB: This man is a racist and a criminal. By Nell Gluckman November 21, 2025 The sinkhole that may subsume Summers wholly… Read More Is this the End for Larry Summers at Harvard?

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What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’ / Study Finds More Than Half Of AI’s References Are Fabricated or Erroroneous

As GenAI becomes the primary way to find information, local and traditional wisdom is being lost. And we are only beginning to realise what we’re missing… GenAI is trained on massive datasets of text from sources such as books, articles, websites and transcripts – hence the name “large language model” (LLM). But this “training data”… Read More What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’ / Study Finds More Than Half Of AI’s References Are Fabricated or Erroroneous

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DU Cancels Delhi School of Economics Seminar Without Formal Reason, Convenor Resigns

NB: No wonder lacs of Indian students do their best to go abroad for higher studies. This government wishes to abolish the thought process completely. This is not national rejuvenation but a national disaster. DS ‘Since I can no longer guarantee the intellectual integrity of the research colloquium and that it will not be cancelled… Read More DU Cancels Delhi School of Economics Seminar Without Formal Reason, Convenor Resigns

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