Posts Tagged Edinburgh

Stiglitz Challenge to Higher Education in Scotland – Overview of Talk in Edinburgh

Posted by academicentrepreneur in Academic Entrepreneur, Capitalism, Commercialisation, Edinburgh, Entrepreneurial University, Higher Education, Innovation Economy for an Independent Scotland, Innovation Policy, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Policy, Openness, Referendum Debate, Regional Innovation, Research Policy, University Policy on September 6, 2014

This blog article was published by The Bella Calendonia blog on the 30th of August, 2014. Stiglitz enlightened challenge to Scottish Education BY BELLACALEDONIA on AUGUST 30, 2014 • ( 8 ) By Douglas Robertson Last week Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in Economics, set out the case for public, not private funding of tertiary education […]

Edinburgh, Ferguson, Higher Education in Scotland, Inequality, Joseph Stiglitz, New period of Enlightenment, Open Society, Restrictive IP policy, Scottish Enlightenment, St. Louis, Standard of Living

The Fall: Endinburgh Man

Posted by academicentrepreneur in Brotherhood, Cornell, Edinburgh, Griffo, Music, Newcastle, Northern England, The Fall on March 8, 2014

“We can shape wir bairn’s wyliecoat but canna shape thair weird” Perhaps the UK’s most prolific rock band, The Fall, was seen in-concert by the Academic Entrepreneur in 1990. Mark E Smith formed the band upon dropping out of high school at the age of 19 in England. It was through this festive […]

Edinburgh, Griffo, No time like the present

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