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In the UK at some universities ('redbrick' ones like Birmingham and Sheffield) it was possible to earn a Doctor of Science Degree by essentially listing researc
by keithpeter 11y ago
In the UK at some universities ('redbrick' ones like Birmingham and Sheffield) it was possible to earn a Doctor of Science Degree by essentially listing research papers you had published in appropriate journals and writing a critical evaluation of your research field. It struck me that process might suit people like Stallman.
The local Universities in my city award honorary degrees to College principles who sometimes don't have advanced degrees or indeed undergraduate degrees. Further Education colleges have a vocational focus here and people can come up via the vocational route, although that is rare now. The main reason for the award was so the Principal has a funny hat and cloak to wear at graduation time. No-one uses the actual title.
- pluma 11y agoFor anyone else unfamiliar with the term "red brick": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_brick_university https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_brick_university > Red brick university (or redbrick university) is a term originally used to refer to six civic universities founded in the major industrial cities of England. The term is now used more broadly to refer to British universities founded in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in major cities. All of the six original redbrick institutions, or their predecessor institutes, gained university status before World War I and were initially established as civic science or engineering colleges. i.e. "old" universities
- arethuza 11y agoIn the UK and Ireland the really old universities are sometimes referred to as "ancient": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_university https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_university