We found the Tardis and it is Shibuya Station in Tokyo. You never know where you are and how you got there and you can never go the same way twice. No wonder the Doctor has forgotten his name.
A record of my visit to Nagoya University and Tokyo in September 2006. Some business and some sight seeing. All in all we found Tokyo and Nagoya very accessible. Arigato!
They particularly focus on the survey research we do to get feedback from students, and I want to put that in a wide context so that it is not treated as if it were an end in itself.
How can a university that thinks of itself primarily as a research university (in say selecting, tenuring, and promoting academic staff) ensure good quality teaching? Students and taxpayers think a university exists mainly to teach students, but few members of a research university think that. Indeed some think that teaching is at the expense of research. What can be done to keep a balance between the two?
Socrates refers at one point in the Penguin edition of the Republic to “call girls” long before Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone to call anyone
What’s the story on literal translations?
If the response is to revise and resubmit the whole process can start over. It is often difficult to please the reviewers in a revise and resubmit if they have been, as is usually the case, inconsistent.
Edwina asked about refereeing, Tash about popular press, and Lilian about links to classics.
I travelled for three weeks, mainly to attend two conferences (in Utrecht and in Coventry) to represent the University. While travelling I alsol did some library research.
Below is a link to my publication list. Gradually I am adding links to electronic sources.
