Archive for January 31st, 2007

Blog problems

Over the last couple of weeks, this blog has been suffering chronic availability problems. I recently emailed Yahoo, which hosts the site, to inquire about what is wrong. So far I have not heard back from them. However, this url seems to be more reliable:

http://www.andrewnorton.info/blog/index.php

It may be better to use that until the problems with www.andrewnorton.info can be sorted out.

Labor’s unscientific plans to boost science

I knew that sensible Labor higher education policy could not last. Today’s policy announcement on maths and science education contains another HECS remission initiative that could be worthwhile, by encouraging graduates with science or maths expertise to enter teaching. But another proposal is a waste of money:

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