bologna process

Thoughts on academic life (6): Türkiye wants to Reduce Undergraduate Education from 4 to 3 Years

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Episode 3- The Q1 Journal Fetish Episode 4- The Administrator Problem Episode 5- The University Rankings Game With no public debate or academic consensus, Türkiye’s Higher Education Council (YÖK) decided to reduce undergraduate education to 3 years. YÖK is so powerful that no university administration can challenge its decisions. YÖK can easily stop a university’s existence. I have … Read more

Refugee tragedies in the Mediterranean… A Eurosphere roundup…

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MAIN FOCUS: Austerity and hope in Ireland | 16/10/2013 The Irish government presented the budget for 2014 on Tuesday – the seventh austerity budget in a row. Prime Minister Enda Kenny stressed that the top priority was to create jobs and exit the bailout programme. Ireland’s success is proof that the stringent austerity policy is the right … Read more

Arundhati Roy under attack…

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India: Free Speech Or Sedition?

from Global Voices Online by Rezwan

By Rezwan

Arundhati Roy protests against dams on India’s Narmada River. Image by Flickr user International Rivers. CC BY-NC-SA

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Misc roundup: Interview with a Porn Star, Global Peace Index etc…

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Interview with a Porn Star (#76) ? Vanessa Naughty

from I Shoot Porn by Billy Watson

Vanessa Naughty interview

I Shoot Porn: Let?s start this out by talking about your last scene, which you shot a few days ago.

Vanessa Naughty: I did a gang bang cuckold scene, and Steve Driver was my cuckold.

ISP: You mean Steve Driver ? The Murderin? Mope?

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