martes, 8 de mayo de 2012

HOW TO GET TO THE CONFERENCE?

How to get to Cambridge and to Free School Lane (Department of Sociology)?
 

Getting to Cambridge

Cambridge is easily accessed by road, train and bus:
  • Train: There is a regular service to Cambridge from London. Further timetable information is available from National Rail, thetrainline.com, and takethetrain.co.uk. Buses run from the main train station to the city bus station on Drummer Street every ten minutes and there is a taxi rank outside the station.
  • Car: The main routes into Cambridge and locations of University and College buildings are marked on the University map. Very limited parking is available for visitors on University and College sites and in the city as a whole. Please call the office that you are visiting in advance for information about the availability of parking. Parking within the city is very limited, so use Park & Ride sites instead of bringing your car into the city centre.
We encourage all participants to buy your tickets in advance (since they are cheaper).

Getting to Free School Lane (see map bellow):

Cambridge Railway Station
Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2JW

From the railway station to the department:

·         By Taxi: it will cost you around 6 pounds (4 minutes)

·         Walking: it will take around 25 minutes

Station Road turn right in Hills Road-Regent Street (is the same street) turn left in Downing St (then it calls Pembroke St) and turn right in Free School Lane

·         By Bus: (citybus1, 2, and 3) it will cost around 1 pound (12 minutes).

Tell to the driver the Grand Arcade Stop (St Andrew’s Street). Once you drop down the bus return walking a few meters to Downing Street. In Downing St (then it calls Pembroke St) turns right in Free School Lane Street.

The Department of Sociology
University of Cambridge,
Free School Lane
Cambridge
CB2 3RQ

¿Qué cambia con el fin del CAE?

Nueva columna de José Ossandon sobre el CAE y el sistema de financiamiento a la educación, usen el link abajo para leerlo en ciperchile.cl

¿Qué cambia con el fin del CAE?


http://ciperchile.cl/2012/05/02/%C2%BFque-cambia-con-el-fin-del-cae/

El CAE, sostiene el sociólogo José Ossandón, fue una solución de mercado para un sistema educativo que se veía como un mercado. Ahora que el CAE ha muerto y sobre su lápida se ha escrito que fue una pésima política pública, cabe la pregunta de si las propuestas gubernamentales para su reemplazo no se nutren del mismo viejo principio que dio vida al CAE: “para problemas de mercado nuevos mercados”. Ossandón analiza en esta interesante columna la historia del “capital humano”, uno de los conceptos que influyó en la idea –hoy en cuestión- de que organizar la educación como un mercado terminaría por producir bienes de mejor calidad y distribuidos de manera más eficiente.