31 March 2008
Drink, drugs and rock-and-roll, the new generic skills for a PhD?
A friend of mine brought the news to my attention of Nick Cave being awarded an honorary PhD by Monash University – Nick managed 2 years of his arts degree (actually at the Caulfield Institute of Arts and Technology before it was subsumed by Monash) before giving up and embarking on a career as a musician and sometime author. His contribution? Being popular and promoting Australia internationally according to Monash's VC Richard Larkins. Perhaps we will see Paris Hilton being conferred a PhD at Harvard soon? To be fair, Nick has been awarded an LL.D or Doctor of Laws and so the sanctity of the PhD has been preserved for now.
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About david.glance
A technologist, working at UWA with students and other staff to research, develop and educate in the areas of web software and design.
UWA Centre for Software Practice in 2006 and have been developing software for universities and in the e-Health market.