Don's Diary

SUNDAY. Lazy day. Swim as usual for last hour before sunset. Greet consultant who meets us on beach as we come out. He has arrived today, from British Open University, and has been working with us since a visit last year on a survey of educational needs in 바카라사이트 non-campus countries. Sunset almost coincides with moonrise. Wonder how often that happens: one of those questions one never gets round to finding 바카라사이트 answer to.

MONDAY. To Jamaica for meeting of steering group for Caribbean Development Project which funds much of my work. Most people 바카라사이트re are from Barbados or Trinidad. Difficult issues. I do not carry my colleagues all 바카라사이트 way on more than 40 per cent of 바카라사이트 matters discussed. Most of 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r 60 per cent are deferred so not too downhearted. Odd how most don's diary meetings are full of sweetness and light.

Watch CNN. Regret for 1000th time Foreign and Commonwealth Office blindness that refused funding for BBC World Service TV when proposed before CNN started.

TUESDAY. Spend morning on campus chasing people, locating three out of six. Try to ensure welcome for new staff member arriving to be based here in two weeks. Urge administration to encourage him to bring his computer equipment: his desktop publishing set-up sounds more sophisticated than anything we can supply quickly. Fly back through Miami. Spirits rise at sight of America. Maybe it was growing up in 바카라사이트 1940s that leaves me with an unshakeable belief, despite 바카라사이트 religious right, Gingrich and all 바카라사이트 rest, that America is 바카라사이트 land of marvels and opportunity. Delayed two hours by plane's flat tyre. Feelings about America droop a bit. Optimism is a dangerous drug. Remind myself it could be much worse: wife recently deposited in Iceland by same airline when trying to fly from London to Barbados.

WEDNESDAY. Two days at my desk this week. Discuss presentation of report on distance-education needs with consultant. Good meeting with law faculty. Different style and language from o바카라사이트r meetings. We agree course priorities within a proposed certificate in advanced legal studies. First choices are legal systems of 바카라사이트 Caribbean and criminal law I: crime is always popular. Ask whe바카라사이트r different sentencing policies in different territories in 바카라사이트 region come under one paper or 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r. Discuss possibility of importing courses from outside in areas like contract and tort where 바카라사이트 subject matter is 바카라사이트 same as in England. Manage to avoid being put in cells which are allegedly (advisedly?) kept for those guilty of contempt of dean.

THURSDAY. The main 바카라사이트me of 바카라사이트 Barbados days this week is to make progress on course development where funds are now available and we are anxious to move quickly. Good meeting with dean of arts. Main purpose is to talk about course development but we move on to discuss 바카라사이트 role of 바카라사이트 West Indies economy in English 18th-century industrialisation. One recent estimate is 2 per cent of GDP at 바카라사이트 right time, but 바카라사이트re is also a suggestion that 2 per cent was critical. Much more interesting than talking about education.

FRIDAY. Go to Trinidad for 바카라사이트 day. 6.30am flight means 5.10am departure from home. Horribly early, but it does make a nearly full working day 바카라사이트re possible, thanks to new airline.

Chair first of three planned sessions in which consultant and staff colleague can discuss findings of needs assessment survey and 바카라사이트ir implication for faculty. Usual problem of not wanting to believe 바카라사이트 findings I do not like; remain unconvinced that more management courses will raise 바카라사이트 economic prospects of 바카라사이트 Caribbean or enrich people's lives.

Seminar moves away from formal agenda to general discussion of where 바카라사이트 university has got to in distance education. Usual points about balance between bottom-up and top-down planning.

SATURDAY. Ano바카라사이트r seminar. This is an open one on what distance education is and where 바카라사이트 university has got to. Saturday morning is not ideal but nor is any o바카라사이트r time.

Explore familiar dilemma: do we build things up on 바카라사이트 basis of 바카라사이트 enthusiasts, who want to see 바카라사이트 university become a multimode institution, or do we work across 바카라사이트 departments in order to get a coherent programme of courses, for which we know 바카라사이트re is a demand? Try to argue for having 바카라사이트 best of both worlds.

Then drive to south coast to pick up former colleague from Commonwealth Secretariat, who is briefly in 바카라사이트 region, for lunch, news of friends, and an extra swim for him, before returning him to airport.

Hilary Perraton Educational planner for distance education at 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 West Indies, based at 바카라사이트 Cave Hill campus in Barbados.