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Mistake or insight? - August 28, 2008

What could either be an easily made mistake or a cutting insight comes to light in this year’s exam answer howlers competition, run by academic newspaper The Times Higher Education.

University of Southampton research fellow Anita Perryman submitted this statement from one of her students: “Tackling climate change will require an unpresidented response.”

It’s not known whether the student received marks for this.

Posted by Daniel Cressey on August 28, 2008
Categories: Earth, environment & ecology | | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

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Social advocacy, "WE MUST DO SOMETHING IMMEDIATELY NO MATTER WHAT THE COST!"

Engineering, "Is there any pertinent, useful, and economically justified action?"

Posted by: Uncle Al | August 28, 2008 07:16 PM

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