Struggle as a Second Language By Becky and Rebecca
While last summer's strike at Tower Hamlets College is often portrayed as a victory by unions, two of its key organisers, Becky and Rebecca, remain critical, and place ESOL at the butt end of the government's chauvinist austerity http://www.metamute.org/en/content/struggle_as_a_second_language * Grim Down South: Managing (in) London South Bank University By Raoul Paled While education budgets are cut and university leaders have 'visions' for keeping competitive, Raoul Paled reports from Britain's 'worst performing' university, London South Bank, on their muted response to the credit crunch http://www.metamute.org/en/content/grim_down_south_managing * We Don't Need No Education? The Case of the London Met By Mute In the wake of a cash crisis and resulting round of savage job cuts, London Metropolitan University has been left reeling, but still standing. Mute spoke to a long-term member of staff who taught at London Guildhall University before it was merged with North London University to create the London Met. The generally apathetic response to the recent blood-letting, he claims, is an effect of a strongly hierarchical management structure and cavalier approach to educational culture * http://linkme2.net/nc * Look out for more coverage of the struggles against cuts in education on Metamute over the next few weeks... * Mute Magazine subscription offer! Subscribe to Mute and receive a FREE copy of the book Mute Magazine: Graphic Design **Subscribe Online** http://metamute.org/mute_magazine_subscription_individual Mute annual subscriptions prices start from 20 GBP for four issues (1 year) **About Mute Magazine: Graphic Design** Introduction by Adrian Shaughnessy "This is a visually and journalistically astringent take on the birth of the internet, and a reminder of the rich visual innovation of independent magazines." -Eye In the early 1990s, long before the internet became an integral part of life, a handful of pioneering magazines took it upon themselves to imagine the web into existence. Using fiction, interviews, speculative theory and experimental graphic design, London-based Mute wielded an influence vastly disproportionate to its size. The product of a period of intense creative ferment, Mute engaged boldly with allcomers. The resulting collection of magazines defines an era, telling the fascinating tale of one publisher's relationship with the 'digital revolution' - the nineties' very own Big Bang. This book presents a full overview of Mute over a decade, showing its entire output -- logos, covers and spreads. Published by eight books. 144 pages with 250 colour illustrations. Normally ?19.99, free with subscription! Look inside at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mute-Magazine-Graphic-Simon-Worthington/dp/0955432227 "I expected a lot from this book and it delivers both as a visual record of some great designs and as a close-up history of a singular project observed by the people who were there at the time. Highly recommended." -Magculture.com "This must surely be the show's favourite coffee table book. Tracing the roots and evolving design of cult magazine Mute, it tells you everything you need to know about current trends in graphic design." -BBC Radio 6, George Lamb show, Alex Hemminsley Subscribe to Mute: http://metamute.org/mute_magazine_subscription_individual _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
