Returning to First Principles to Spread the Word in the Academy of the 21st Century

The time has come to reinstate the spoken word as co-arbiter of standards in the Academy in order to counter the increasingly woolly nature of the current plethora of written stuff. [more]

Rehearsal is necessary because presenters must be demonstrably able

Too many harassed presenters use either Keynote or Power Point as prompts for their unrehearsed, inaudible, often un-briefed information. Such paltry pretences cannot justifiably be thought of as presentations. [more]

The word 'jargon' has become victim of a bad press

The problem these days is that the word jargon is spoken of in such a derogatory way, that it has caused people to avoid using the very essence of a subject: its name. [more]