Dear David and SCI-3L,

I can't comment on working for the OU, but it's nice to hear from you
and interesting that Bristol is thinking again about how CE should be
organised.  At Southampton we are in the middle of a reorganisation of
the whole university which entails a rather messy mainstreaming of CE.
I have spent most of my career in a dedicated CE department, but
times have changed and I'm inclined to think that CE (and especially
professional and vocational CE) now needs to be seen as a duty of
each subject department.  The real problem lies with "liberal" CE, i.e.
non-vocational public education, which (whether mainstreamed or not)
is now very hard to maintain at fee levels that the public can afford.

Martin Counihan














On 13 Nov 2003 at 14:23, DJ Hill, School Biological Sciences wrote:

> Dear All
> A question came up yesterday and I did not know the answer. Has any
> other University CE academic (apart from me) also worked as a
> part-time tutor for the Open University? If so, I would appreciate
> makeing contact. All the very best Hope all is going well with CE in
> your Uinversity. Having Mainstreamed CE in Bristol, the university is
> reviewing CE and many people here now think that perhaps it was not
> the best thing to do! Surprise, surprise! Any view on how to get out
> of this mess and get CE properly organised here - would be most
> greatful. David Hill
>
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> DJ Hill, School Biological Sciences
> Senior Lecturer
> Director of the MSc in Ecology and Management of the Natural
> Environment Continuing Education Officer personal:
> http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/people/hill.htm reserach:
> http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk/lars/depts/plantsci/tdyeplant.html
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