Communications Strategy- Newnan council reviews communications strategy, approves sidewalk contract - The Newnan Times-Herald May 12, 2026
- Prithwish Ganguly moves on from Yash Raj Films and is set to join Birla Studios - PitchOnnet May 12, 2026
- Flight Centre’s 2025 Workplace Benefits Awards wins supporting benefits communications strategy - Benefits Canada.com May 12, 2026
- Lily Adams - Institute of Politics and Public Service May 12, 2026
- Villanova Hires Former Executive to Lead Communications Strategy - MyChesCo May 11, 2026
- Storytellers 101 Communications appoints Akshat Jain as Managing Director - Social Samosa May 11, 2026
- Wema Bank’s communications chief makes Cannes Lions’ Global Jury - The Nation Newspaper May 11, 2026
- Justice Minister defends his communications strategy during fuel protests. - Ocean FM May 7, 2026
- University Governance
- Victorian university governance inquiry to hold public hearings - Inside State Government May 13, 2026
- Universities South Africa sounds alarm on rising campus governance risks - The Mail & Guardian May 11, 2026
- The university where teaching is tougher than having terminal cancer for this academic - Australian Broadcasting Corporation May 11, 2026
- Julie Bishop was adamant she wasn't going anywhere — until she did - Australian Broadcasting Corporation May 8, 2026
- Julie Bishop steps down as ANU Chancellor immediately - The Nightly May 8, 2026
- Senate review appendix letter confirms trustees as ultimate governing authority - Columbia Daily Spectator May 7, 2026
- Why is ANU chancellor Julie Bishop so powerful? - Crikey May 6, 2026
- 'Scapegoating': Staff, students and politicians back ANU interim leader - Australian Broadcasting Corporation May 5, 2026
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“The end started slowly then happened all at once.”
‘Sad day’ as Langara pauses journalism program indefinitely. It really is. Langara has always had very fine, experienced instructors teaching in its Journalism Credential and Diploma programs. From the Vancouver Sun: “Journalism schools across the country have seen dropping enrolment … Continue reading
Apropos
Clarissa is not alone. On X writer Tyler A. Harper darkly assesses university administrators’ embrace of AI. “A lot of the push for AI (therapists! health care professionals! tutors!) is predicated on a tacit acceptance that the broken institutions cannot … Continue reading
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New leadership styles in academia
My friendly colleague Clarissa has vividly expressed an opinion on these: College administrators go to all sorts of business seminars and workshops on ridiculous things like leadership and all that kind of garbage. Then they come back and put everything … Continue reading
“Whatever you think you can write.”
So says the wonderful Bryan Garner in today’s LawProse Lesson. Anything that can be thought can be written. That dictum is both challenge and liberation for the legal writer. If a concept can take shape in your mind—even faintly, even clumsily—it can be … Continue reading
Communications Strategy
I’ve been given a communications strategy “capstone” class for the upcoming term. My students and I will be scanning for examples from around the world starting day one. Expect more frequent posting from me going ahead!
Our friendly tour guide
From my point of view as a prof and as a writer/editor, Ethan Mollick has been the best and most sensible guide through the world of AI since the dawn of ChatGPT. His article “An Opinionated Guide to Using AI: … Continue reading
Welcome them in.
In a piece for The Conversation Canada, my Kwantlen Polytechnic University colleague Jeffrey Meyers writes about Jason Stanley and Timothy Snyder, two eminent American scholars who fled Yale University and the United States, taking positions at the University of Toronto, … Continue reading
Fake friends
In his article “Enshittification, artificial intelligence, and the privatization of public education,” Dr. Chris Samuel warns that artificial intelligent’s infiltration into education (AIED) will likely mimic the same depressing “enshittification” users saw in platforms like Facebook, Google, and X/Twitter. First, … Continue reading
“Storying Universal Design for Learning”
My Kwantlen Polytechnic University colleague Seanna Takacs, PhD, has coauthored “Storying Universal Design for Learning” (with coauathors Lilach Marom, Alex Vanderveen, and the late Arley Cruthers Mcneney). It is a terrific book that “compiles post-secondary student voices on accessible teaching … Continue reading
Preparing ourselves for November
Dr. Kate Starbird and her colleagues at the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public (CIP) have launched a Substack newsletter devoted to tracking rumours and misinformation concerning the upcoming United States Presidential election. This newsletter is part of the … Continue reading