University in the United States you will see claims such as that this university will to try to think critically it will solve teaches you how to solve problems that will teach you how to communicate well and work well with other people itll teach you to be global in your thinking that all sounds wonderful and in fact i think if anybody thinks about what is the role of Higher Education we all would all agree that those are things that we want universities to teach but when you actually look at the curriculum none of those things are taught. What is taught courses in departments largely around information sometimes around analysis of that information but very much in a field specific way and the reality is is that in order to teach these broader capacities you cannot deliver it in a disciplinary way you have to deliver it in a cross contextual way so essentially youre saying that the universities are not delivering what theyre promised to give you is that an unfortunate happenstance you
Education you always make a distinction between Information Knowledge and wisdom in fact you called your own venture after the roman goddess of wisdom which leads me to conclude that you believe you provide the latter but what about the rest of the system what do you think its selling well what its selling is not necessarily what its delivering but if you go to any website of almost any university in the world certainly any university in the United States you will see claims such as that this university will he try to think critically it will solve teaches you how to solve problems that will teach you how to communicate well and work well with other people itll teach you to be global in your thinking that all sounds wonderful and in fact i think if anybody thinks about what is the role of Higher Education we all would all agree that those are things that we want universities to teach but when you actually look at the curriculum none of those things are taught. What is taught courses in
Of poor on 6 in the evening right here in moscow welcome to our to international i mean and oneill. General Election Campaigning in the u. K. Off to a tempered start this weapon stay with Boris Johnson launching a series of skipping attacks on the Opposition Leader the Prime Minister appealed to the public to vote for his conservative party rather than labor which he claimed failed to take a tough enough line. Come with us a government that believes britain should stand tool in the world ok with generally cool being in the labor party who sided with putin when russia ordered poisonings on the streets of songs pre. We cross live to a party to in london for more hi there kate what weve just heard from the pm wasnt the only attack was that which invoked moscow or Jeremy Corbin they came thick and fast on campaigning as only just begun. Union yes youre right campaigning has only just begun its day one here of campaigning and as you said an incredible start so far very eventful i mean the P