In this twenty-fifth annivery edition of The Break-Up of Britain, Tom Nairn reviews the arguments of his classic study and expands his thesis into the new millenium. He confirms his contention that civic nationalism-but not ethnonationalism-will play an increasing role in the breakdown of the United Kingdom. This, he says, has now assumed an even more rapid pace than when the book was first published. the cumulative strains of Thatcherism and Blairism have had their effect. "The Break-Up of Britain", he writes in the new Introduction "began its life in a still imposing, if narrowing river; by the time the 1981 paperback edition had appeared, the river had begun to feel the approaching rapids- which have accelerated for over twenty years, and attained a crazy place even in the few weeks between beginning and finishing this new edition. The thunder of a waterfall no one conceived of in 1977 is in everyone's ears, as Tony Blair sends off his ships and troops to assist America's assault on the Middle East... In the altered world lying beyond these falls, it is surely unlikely the United Kingdom will survive in anything like its historical form".

The Break-Up of Britain: Crisis and Neo-Nationalism

History

Nairn, Tom

Europe

Common Ground

You're about to start a university degree, and whether you have just left school or are returning to study after some years there are many things you need to know about learning at university. This invaluable guide will assist you to understand all facets of your university study and to become a  successful and satisfied student.  It will enable you to:  • become an active, independent and self-directed learner;  • adjust to the academic expectations (of ten assumed and unspoken) and the university environment;  • gain practical skills and strategies for learning:  • develop transferable skills and attitudes for lifelong learning;  • concentrate on understanding as the key to university learning;  • be self-confident as a university student;  • avoid some of the common mistakes made by students in their first year;  and  • become a successful learner.  Reflection and evaluation exercises at the beginning of each chapter provide an opportunity to evaluate your current learning habits, prepare you for new ideas and make you more aware of the experience of learning. Advice from other students-genuine voices taken from a survey of exiting first year students-will assist you to see some of the pitfalls and methods of recovery. Finally, useful templates for a weekly study timetable, testtaking strategies and a semester planner are also provided.

The Intelligent Student's Guide to Learning at University

Business & Money

Cooper, Geoffrey

Job Hunting & Careers

Humans learn by nature, from the moment of each persons' birth and for the whole of their lives. Most learning is incidental to living. Some learning, however, is by design. This learning we call "education".  Learning by Design explores the relationships between the widening circles of pedagogy, curriculum and education. It examines the changing social context of education today and the ways in which teaching and learning might respond to these changes. Along the way, the book redefines the key terms of the debate about the natures of learning, moving in the direction of a socio-cultural theory of the conditions of learning.  Learning by Design also speaks in a practical voice. It describes and experiment in which teachers write up their curriculum using a scaffold which highlights its underlying learning sequence and pedagogical architecture, thus making this explicit to themselves, other teachers and learners.  The book tells the story of a number of gropus of teachers participating in this experiment in Australia (Victoria, Queensland and Australian Capital Territory) and Malaysia. It tells of their aspirations and fears, and their successes and failures in the quest to find more effective ways of teaching and greater engagement for their learners. The journey takes them into new territories where they become learners themselves, discovering fresh dimensions of a rapidly changing profession. The result is that the process of designing and managing student learning becomes more consciously "by design" - mindful, premeditated, reflective and shared.

Learning By Design

Mary Kalantzis

Bill Cope

Learning by Design Project Group

New Milestones: Sculpture, Community and the Land

Arts & Photography

Morland, Joanna

Architecture

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