Tony Hirst references a "linkbait" post by Don Tapscott (jumping on the recently resurgent 'end of the university' meme) and, after musing on some items of greater news value, ponders, "should we as academics be engaging with the news cycle in order to deliver informal, opportunistic 'teaching' at the point of need?" My answer: no. Not when 'need' is defined as 'powerful' or 'influential'. Because then it's not teaching, it's just lobbying, or worse, pandering.
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