10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DONNISH»
Discover the use of
donnish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
donnish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Decline of
Donnish Dominion: The British Academic ...
In this intriguing study, the dean of educational sociologists traces the evolution of the present crisis in British higher education.
2
The Collegial Tradition in the Age of Mass Higher Education
By definition donnish dominion means that other interests within the university
have secondary roles to play in the formation of policy. But, as any policy analyst
will tell you, the gap between policy formation and policy implementation is often
...
Ted Tapper, David Palfreyman, 2010
All his life he went on making donnish jokes, wore donnish clothes that sagged in
a donnish way, cultivated donnish mannerisms, such as looking over the top of
his spectacles, and, when he returned from New Zealand, settled in Clifford's Inn,
...
4
Critique of Religion and Philosophy
... contrast, has cultivated donnish doubt, a philosophy of ingenuity and virtuosity
which prides itself on its irrelevance to life. This is not yet true of Bacon, Hobbes,
and Locke. Berkeley is the first great exponent of the new tradition in philosophy,
...
Walter Arnold Kaufmann, 1978
5
Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead
Least Donnish of Dons We lingered at the table in the fading afterglow. By now
the breeze which drew in at the large window was deliciously cool and refreshing
. In that tranquil light it was one of those summer evenings which seem like a ...
6
Pink Angel: Nitika and the Con Artist
Sheriff Donnish saw the half breed step down off the train. He noted the tied
down guns and the ever shifting eyes on the man. A roguish grin crossed his lips
as several ladies flirted with him. Charlie was leery of this dangerous looking
man.
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The Higher Education Manager's Handbook: Effective ...
It is possible to discern, as Scott has demonstrated, four main phases in the
internal government of 'old' universities: civic (late nineteenth to early twentieth
century); donnish (1920s to early 1960s); democratic (late 1960s to 1970s); and ...
8
The Meanings of Mass Higher Education
Recurrent funding depended on tuition fees, capital funding on donations. The
dominant reason for the shift to the 'donnish' university was the state's growing
stake in higher education, institutionalized in 1919 by the establishment of the
UGC.
But one more quality of Crispin's writing should be mentioned, one that is not so
much to be seen in the work of writers not in the curious sub-genre of the donnish
detective novel (a sub-genre which in more recent times than Crispin's has not ...
Earl F. Bargainnier, 1987
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Reshaping the University: The Rise of the Regulated Market ...
There have not so far within this chapter been many references to Halsey's '
Decline of Donnish Dominion: The British Academic Professions in the Twentieth
Century' (1992) and it is important to now say a little more about this seminal text.
David Palfreyman, Emeritus Professor of Politics Ted Tapper, Ted Tapper, 2014
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DONNISH»
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donnish is used in the context of the following news items.
Libya War: The Unknown Costs And The Indemnified Interventionists
... with their models and regressions as they prefer to forget their donnish three-year-old analysis and forecast, and as they don't feel the burden ... «CounterCurrents.org, Jun 15»
Theatre Review: Love's Labour's Lost, Botanic Gardens, Glasgow
Here King Ferdinand of Navarre and his preppy band of brothers sport donnish gowns to make lofty proclamations of abstinence for three full ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
Crossed swords and pistols at dawn: the duel in literature
The book is a donnish paperchase, though an amiable one. Duels, like parties, are handy episodes for writers, because they have premonitory ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jun 15»
The Anglican elite laid bare: Temple at the Donmar Warehouse …
The only false note is the 'comedy secretary', a geeky bombshell with a Twitter account who can't adapt to the donnish mood of the dean's ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jun 15»
Who Were the Inklings?
The description conjures a picture of “donnish dreaminess,” a rag-tag band of tweed-clad writers who met for a pint from time to time. «First Things, May 15»
All might have been well had Nicholas II only listened to a tiny …
Towards the Flame starts with a few donnish chapters from what Lieven calls the 'God's eye view'. We learn about Europe's struggles with ... «Spectator.co.uk, May 15»
Review: Anna Karenina
... of Jonathan Keeble's Karenin also produced a fair few chuckles, though he managed this without harming the journey he takes from donnish ... «Nouse, May 15»
International Dylan Day: The streets, pubs and landscapes where …
And when in Oxford he made a name for himself, both in donnish circles and among the wider student population, propping up the bars in pubs ... «The Independent, May 15»
The General Eliott, Oxon, pub review
One of the pub's donnish customers tells me the village's name is Anglo-Saxon and means either Hengist's Island or Stallion's Island. As for ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
Oxford's Influential Inklings
The donnish dreaminess thus hinted at tells us something important about this curious band: Its members saw themselves as no more than a ... «Chronicle of Higher Education, May 15»
