David Kennedy

What's in a Name?

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a unique insight into the working life of a senior manager in academia. Centring on events in one Scottish educational institution, the stories expand to cover events affecting higher education across the whole of Britain. This intimate history of one college serves to reveal some of the dark secrets of everyday life in higher education, including ¿ the demographic time-bomb that wasn't ¿ political chicanery ¿ North Sea safety and the Piper Alpha tragedy ¿ skulduggery and brilliance ¿ sabotage and intrigue ¿ media machinations ¿ quashing the quangos ¿ educational vandalism ¿ academia's bloodied carpets ¿ the denigration of public service ¿ Quality - the undemocratic essence at the heart of Britain's Establishment It describes behaviour - good and bad - and its consequences, with understanding and compassion, and not without a little touch of irony.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Generation Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 221g
• ISBN-13: 9781785073212
• ISBN-10: 1785073214
• Artikelnr.: 42859812

Autorenporträt

DAVID KENNEDY is an author, educator, retirement planning expert, and owner of Hillross Pacific Advisory, an award-winning wealth management consultancy based in Sydney. In 2014 he received the Hillross Adviser of the Year award, and his views on retirement trends have featured in The Australian, AFR Asset magazine and Financial Planning magazine. David is a strategic consultant to the financial services industry, a practitioner at Kaplan Professional and a proud partner of the Cancer Council Pro Bono Program. He lives in Sydney with his wife and three children.