Tag Archives: books

Tuesday, 4th February (Richmond)

Posted on February 6, 2025 by roycross

Not quite sure what happened on Tuesday! Better late than never? 1. This one has been around the social media block several times but it’s still worth a read, The Anglo-EU Translation Guide https://polish2english.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/55551980-anglo-eu-translation-guide1.pdf  Do you hear what I say? … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 19th November (Cambridge)

Posted on November 19, 2024 by roycross

1. Regardless of its easy to use clickable map, I rather doubt this Carbon Brief publication, Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world, will be much read in the Trump White House https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/attribution-studies/index.html 2. The Cambridge University … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 5th November (Cambridge)

Posted on November 5, 2024 by roycross

1. Two pieces on Higher Education for a change of sorts: i) A trenchant piece for University World News by Nishat Riaz & Mary Stiasny, Universities have a duty beyond the production of knowledge https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=2024102508233637 ii) a cool, detached look … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 26th September (Cambridge)

Posted on September 26, 2024 by roycross

Blog version: https://roycross.blog/ 1. The latest book by social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation, has attracted a lot of attention. Here’s his interview with Elise Hu, the host of TED Talks Daily https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_are_smartphones_ruining_childhood?subtitle=en “The Anxious Generation” is shaping cultural … Continue reading →

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Monday, 16th September (Cambridge)

Posted on September 16, 2024 by roycross

1. Short notice of a free online course from Old Dominion University at 16:00 UK time tomorrow, Tuesday 17th September, with Helen Crompton, Transforming Teaching with AI (Workshop): Tools to Lighten the Workload https://online.odu.edu/events/transforming-teaching-ai-tools-lighten-workload Stay sane this semester. Discover how … Continue reading →

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