Study: Media and environmental doomsday – like peas and carrots

Sounds like a study lamenting the way the media presents the AGW story and not whether there’s even a real story to present. And how can you blame the media when folks like Gore & Hansen keep feeding the media gloom and doom spin on the supposed dangers of AGW?
As for real folk (forget the silliness of celebrities), most people have to live within a modest income, pinching pennies – they’re quite aware of sustainability (though they might not use such terms).

Thanks for the article Anthony.
What struck me is the fact that the conclusions of this article directly relate to the behavior of our politicians.
Motls publication about the G8 summit makes a lot clear.
http://motls.blogspot.com/2009/07/g8-err-g7-ban-ice-ages-and-order-global.html
The fact that the press was not allowed to ask any questions during the press presentation at the end of the G8 summit is remarkable.

This article makes a valid point. Recently a good friend of mine was interviewed regarding his company’s efforts in carbon capture and storage. His view is that he is not scientifically qualified to offer an opinion as to whether AGW is real, but that if society wishes to address that issue, he can help in a meaningful and verifiable way.
The reporter tried many times to lead him into making an outrageous or catastrophic statement. When he refused, the interview ended up on the cutting room floor.
So much for unbiased media treatment.

The mainstream media will go to any length to feed the 24 hour news cycle. the Alarmist and Green propaganda is easy fodder for the masses to digest in quick easy soundbites.
But if one major outlet would get off it’s butt and devote the resources, effort, and political will it would take to truly investigate the question without preconcived biases, and with all of the resources available, the wheels would come off the AGW wagon…..sigh just a pipe dream.

Pearland Aggie (09:18:58) : Pray Saint Gore. If he appears around temperatures will drop at least 50 degrees, for sure.

Pearland Aggie (09:16:27) :
I fear the worst with those electric cars. We all know that now and then cell phones and laptops spontanously burst in flammes because of faulty batteries. The risk of combustion increases with the packing of more energy in smaller batteries. Is it going to be safe to park your electric car in a garage or close to your home? What about when you are actually driving the car or incolved in a crash?
You can bet that the MSM won’t ask those questions anytime soon.

July 05, 2009
History Unfolding
Wil Wirtanen:
Don’t think he is far off in his assessment.
This is a must read. What a parallel he is describing. God help us.
David Kaiser is a respected historian whose published works have covered a broad range of topics, from European Warfare to American League Baseball. Born in 1947, the son of a diplomat, Kaiser spent his childhood in three capital cities: Washington D.C., Albany, New York, and Dakar, Senegal. He attended Harvard University, graduating there in 1969 with a B.A. in history. He then spent several years more at Harvard, gaining a PhD in history, which he obtained in 1976. He served in the Army Reserve from 1970 to 1976.
He is a professor in the Strategy and Policy Department of the United States Naval War College and has previously taught at Carnegie Mellon, Williams College and Harvard University . Kaiser’s latest book, The Road to Dallas, about the Kennedy assassination, was just published by Harvard University Press.
Dr. David Kaiser
History Unfolding
I am a student of history. Professionally, I have written 15 books on history that have been published in six languages, and I have studied history all my life. I have come to think there is something monumentally large afoot, and I do not believe it is simply a banking crisis, or a mortgage crisis, or a credit crisis. Yes these exist, but they are merely single facets on a very large gemstone that is only now coming into a sharper focus.
Something of historic proportions is happening. I can sense it because I know how it feels, smells, what it looks like, and how people react to it.. Yes, a perfect storm may be brewing, but there is something happening within our country that has been evolving for about ten to fifteen years. The pace has dramatically quickened in the past two.
We demand and then codify into law the requirement that our banks make massive loans to people we know they can never pay back? Why?
We learned just days ago that the Federal Reserve, which has little or no real oversight by anyone, has “loaned” two trillion dollars (that is $2,000,000,000,000) over the past few months, but will not tell us to whom or why or disclose the terms. That is our money. Yours and mine. And that is three times the $700 billion we all argued about so strenuously just this past September. Who has this money? Why do they have it? Why are the terms unavailable to us? Who asked for it? Who authorized it? I thought this was a government of “we the people,” who loaned our powers to our elected leaders. Apparently not.
We have spent two or more decades intentionally de-industrializing our economy.. Why?
We have intentionally dumbed down our schools, ignored our history, and no longer teach our founding documents, why we are exceptional, and why we are worth preserving. Students by and large cannot write, think critically, read, or articulate. Parents are not revolting, teachers are not picketing, school boards continue to back mediocrity. Why?
We have now established the precedent of protesting every close election (violently in California over a proposition that is so controversial that it simply wants marriage to remain defined as between one man and one woman. Did you ever think such a thing possible just a decade ago?) We have corrupted our sacred political process by allowing unelected judges to write laws that radically change our way of life, and then mainstream Marxist groups like ACORN and others to turn our voting system into a banana republic. To what purpose?
Now our mortgage industry is collapsing, housing prices are in free fall, major industries are failing, our banking system is on the verge of collapse, social security is nearly bankrupt, as is Medicare and our entire government. Our education system is worse than a joke (I teach college and I know precisely what I am talking about) – the list is staggering in its length, breadth, and depth.. It is potentially 1929 x ten…And we are at war with an enemy we cannot even name for fear of offending people of the same religion, who, in turn, cannot wait to slit the throats of your children if they have the opportunity to do so.
And finally, we have elected a man that no one really knows anything about, who has never run so much as a Dairy Queen, let alone a town as big as Wasilla , Alaska . All of his associations and alliances are with real radicals in their chosen fields of employment, and everything we learn about him, drip by drip, is unsettling if not downright scary (Surely you have heard him speak about his idea to create and fund a mandatory civilian defense force stronger than our military for use inside our borders? No? Oh, of course. The media would never play that for you over and over and then demand he answer it. Sarah Palin’s pregnant daughter and $150,000 wardrobe are more important.)
Mr. Obama’s winning platform can be boiled down to one word: Change. Why?
I have never been so afraid for my country and for my children as I am now.
This man campaigned on bringing people together, something he has never, ever done in his professional life. In my assessment, Obama will divide us along philosophical lines, push us apart, and then try to realign the pieces into a new and different power structure. Change is indeed coming. And when it comes, you will never see the same nation again.
And that is only the beginning..
As a serious student of history, I thought I would never come to experience what the ordinary, moral German must have felt in the mid-1930s In those times, the “savior” was a former smooth-talking rabble-rouser from the streets, about whom the average German knew next to nothing. What they should have known was that he was associated with groups that shouted, shoved, and pushed around people with whom they disagreed; he edged his way onto the political stage through great oratory. Conservative “losers” read it right now.
And there were the promises. Economic times were tough, people were losing jobs, and he was a great speaker. And he smiled and frowned and waved a lot. And people, even newspapers, were afraid to speak out for fear that his “brown shirts” would bully and beat them into submission. Which they did – regularly. And then, he was duly elected to office, while a full-throttled economic crisis bloomed at hand – the Great Depression. Slowly, but surely he seized the controls of government power, person by person, department by department, bureaucracy by bureaucracy. The children of German citizens were at first, encouraged to join a Youth Movement in his name where they were taught exactly what to think. Later, they were required to do so. No Jews of course,
How did he get people on his side? He did it by promising jobs to the jobless, money to the money-less, and rewards for the military-industrial complex. He did it by indoctrinating the children, advocating gun control, health care for all, better wages, better jobs, and promising to re-instill pride once again in the country, across Europe , and across the world. He did it with a compliant media – did you know that? And he did this all in the name of justice and …. . .. change. And the people surely got what they voted for.
If you think I am exaggerating, look it up. It’s all there in the history books.
So read your history books. Many people of conscience objected in 1933 and were shouted down, called names, laughed at, and ridiculed. When Winston Churchill pointed out the obvious in the late 1930s while seated in the House of Lords in England (he was not yet Prime Minister), he was booed into his seat and called a crazy troublemaker. He was right, though. And the world came to regret that he was not listened to.
Do not forget that Germany was the most educated, the most cultured country in Europe . It was full of music, art, museums, hospitals, laboratories, and universities. And yet, in less than six years (a shorter time span than just two terms of the U. S. presidency) it was rounding up its own citizens, killing others, abrogating its laws, turning children against parents, and neighbors against neighbors.. All with the best of intentions, of course. The road to Hell is paved with them.
As a practical thinker, one not overly prone to emotional decisions, I have a choice: I can either believe what the objective pieces of evidence tell me (even if they make me cringe with disgust); I can believe what history is shouting to me from across the chasm of seven decades; or I can hope I am wrong by closing my eyes, having another latte, and ignoring what is transpiring around me..
I choose to believe the evidence. No doubt some people will scoff at me, others laugh, or think I am foolish, naive, or both. To some degree, perhaps I am. But I have never been afraid to look people in the eye and tell them exactly what I believe-and why I believe it.
I pray I am wrong. I do not think I am. Perhaps the only hope is our vote in the next elections.
David Kaiser
Jamestown , Rhode Island
United States

Dr. Hansen spoke in my hometown last night. Here are his comments in today’s Corvallis Gazette Times newspaper regarding the media’s treatment of the global warming issue:
“News releases, he said, were tossed in the trash can or edited to make the issue seem less serious.” – Dr. James Hansen
That’s not been impression of media coverage of this subject.
Here’s a link to the full article:
http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2009/07/10/news/community/3aaa04_climatechange071009.txt

OK, so this is off topic, but the google ad that popped for me with this article was for a book titled:
“More than another warning: A user’s guide to a warmer world.”
The best part was the caption below it which read “Now 35% off.” I wonder when that book will be on a fire sale at 90% off, or given away and burned to heat up our recently cooling world?

Pearland Aggie (09:16:27) :
“but, but, but…i thought those electric cars were the panacea!”
Nope not a panacea. A panacea requires a pandemic (or something equally terrifying.) What we have is a naturally varying climate and an addiction to foreign oil @ $700B annually. The fix, is not rocket science. Transition to domestic energy resources. Cheapest resource immediately available? Electricity. Yes, 50% from coal (at present.) The Chevy Volt will go 40 miles on a single charge. Cost of that charge is about $1.50. GM research shows that 75% daily commutes in the U.S. are under 40 miles per day.
This has nothing to do with AGW, climate or CO2. Just plain old fashioned common sense. Want to break addiction to foreign oil? Quit using it or replace it with domestic resources. U.S. generates 986k MW – nearly half unused overnight. Today, it’s all about Energy Independence. Like I said… It’s not rocket science.

Ron de Haan (09:43:22) This is more probably a world conspiration than a local problem, as professor Kaiser tell us. However if it does not succeed in the most powerful country it will be easier to be defeated everywhere else, provided you do something about it.

Small point about Ron de Haan’s post re Dr. David Kaiser’s ‘History Unfolding’ – Winston Churchill never sat in the House of Lords; he was proud of being a commoner and member of the House of Commons, and later in life he had too much self-respect to accept a peerage.

A couple of cultural notes:
As many people may know, Nevada is Spanish for Snowed, so the second picture fits more with the name of the state. It reminds me of Greenland, It seems to me that the medieval explorers didn’t like Hansen’s hockey stick, or that they tried to fool us by giving funny names to the places they discovered.
Las Vegas means “the river banks” and somehow it relates to the place where the survey was taken:

Apart from this analysis, the researchers complemented this information with a survey carried out in Urdaibai the Basque Country.

Urdaibai is Basque for pork river, (urdai = pork, ibai = river)
BWT, my nick, Urederra, is also basque, It means fresh water, (ura = water, ederra = good) It is also a river that flows from the Spanish region of Navarre, not too far away from Urdaibai.

E.M.Smith (10:14:10) :
“For a variety of reasons, I’ve been interviewed by the media many times (…) Everything is “tabloid journalism” these days.”
I just want to say that I truly appreciated these comments and know exactly what you mean having had similar experiences as have some friends of mine a few years ago to whom I will send copies of your post, if you don’t mind. Your analysis of the situation is valid. A press release is important too and to go to an interview well prepared with a “press release” in your head.
You are right, it certainly is hard to pull off.

The real journalists that decided to uphold the profession are either dead, retired, working for the independant press or blogging.

Regardless of the attribution of the Kaiser item, it seems to stand on it’s own merits. I’ve not researched all of the details mentioned in the piece, but most have been discussed at one time or another in the news, and on-line. The one part of it that disturbs me, is the obvious appeal to fear of the unknown.
On the other hand, there are many well documented examples throughout history of entire civilizations essentially disappearing. The precise cause of those falls of empire are the subject of much debate, and range from environmental to religious. I would suggest, to anyone who may be interested, that a informative read is “Cannibals and Kings”, by Marvin Harris, a noted cultural anthropologist. It’s a discussion of human cultural evolution, and provides a framework in which to understand current events. As with most books, it is easily available from Amazon, and well worth the few $$ .

Of course it’s now Climate Change instead of AGW.
And it’s now G8 Pledge Drives instead of Cap & Trade.
Pay no attention to the angry crowd wearing sweaters in July.

“Vincent (10:48:23) :
Peter Plail,
I am just guessing here as to how gender issues relate to climate change, but it might be along the lines of Male = agression, raping of Mother earth, versus Female = nurturing. If so, then they should rewrite their entry requirements to serious scientists not welcome on this course.
BTW, does passing this qual get you a job as an IPCC committee member? Might join myself then, if I am able to not vomit in the class”
I have the dubious priviledge of teaching a little bit about environmental ethics and can back up the point about ‘man’ raping the earth as a main theme. Check out the main journal for an insight into how a lot of environmentalists think.
http://www.cep.unt.edu/vol/vol30.html
cheers David

The University of East Anglia – a disguised setting for Malcolm Bradbury’s ‘The History Man’. A novel that will tell you all you need to know about the amoral and unscrupulous methods of the leftwing intellegensia, to further their interests via non existent ‘issues’. Published 35 years ago but as true today as ever.

TomLama (10:30:40) :
Ron de Haan ~
You are correct sir. Since the 1940’s the communists have plotted to take our liberties. In the 1950’s they started infiltrating government and the press. In the 1960s radical communist’s message was “don’t trust anyone over 30.”
These radical communists are in power now. They plan to have their socialist utopia, envisioned for decades, implemented. Today’s communists are called liberals, progressives, and socialists. They have taken over the Democrat party, the press, and the “environmental movement.”
You are not going nuts sir. You are witnessing a counter-revolution that wants to take our GOD given rights away by the denial of GOD. No God, no inalienable rights given to us by God.
They are not called “Godless commies” for nothing. The lie of AGW is just a means to their stated ends and goals.
TomLama,
If your conclusions are correct, we are at war now.

Indiana Bones (10:31:25) :
“The Chevy Volt will go 40 miles on a single charge. Cost of that charge is about $1.50.”
This assumes no Taxman/Malarkey bill. Then it becomes windmill science– at 4 times the cost per kilowatt/hr.

LarryD (11:19:32) :
One problem with going en mass to electric vehicles. The bottleneck resource will then be lithium (for advanced batteries). We have enough for research, but mass deployment will require more than domestic sources can supply. Look up where the lithium resources are distributed.
Yes, we will end up in Columbia thus changing dependence from resources from one dictatorship to the other.
Electric cars based on the current battery technology will stay a niche market application.
The technology is too expensive, not flexible and not redundant cold climates.
I really think all suitable applications are already available.
Golf buggies, electric bicycles, invalid buggies, all are in production for years now and no real innovation has taken place.
We have sufficient fossil fuels available to last the next 150 years.
We will make new inventions and find a viable alternative but not because Government says so.
Whatever they put on the market by 2012, from Chevy Volt to Electric Mini, they won’t sell it in real numbers.
So GM, BMW, Lotus, Toyota, Nissan/Renault, Tesla, Lightning, and all those other car producing opportunists, dream on.

Has anyone here read books from Ian Wishart, investigative journalist?

D. King (11:45:02) :
Ron de Haan (09:43:22) :
Ron,
Last time I asked you why, you said population control. It appears
that there is more to it than that. May I suggest it is boredom;
people with too much time on their hands, no real direction, and
the power or money to force a change. I think that’s why we don’t
get the process. We are, for the most part, motivated to discover
the unknown, to advance the society through advancements in
technology and to make our collective situation better. They are
motivated by self interest, power and the control of others. Kind of
a gated community that has spilled over the gates. They are never
honest in divulging their motivations, nor is honesty a particularly
important trait to them. I have noticed that they will say or omit
whatever is necessary to obtain their goal. I believe there must be a
few in the media that have yet to succumb. Anyway, if nothing else,
this should highlight the necessity and importance of history as field
of study.
Dave
Ray (09:17:59) :
Torturous!
D.King,
I think you overestimate the boredom aspect.
People who are bored are no initiators.
The are “followers”.
The current clan of politicians, environmental groups, non profits, consulting organization, universities, all pulling the same plug on our economies are not bored.
They are obsessed, indoctrinated, corrupt, deceitful and they don’t like people, the achievements of mankind or nature.
They believe humanity is a threat for the future and they have to stop it’s development.
That is where this is about.
It’s a sick ideology.

Ron de Haan (14:20:34) :
No matter what kind of innovations they do for electric cars, you still have to generate the electricity to charge the batteries.
Ditto for hyrogen.
The cars still need to be fueled, no matter if it’s a battery storing the power or a hydrogen cell holding the power.
Unless we are about to turn into Morlocks, charging our batteries during the day and travelling at night, there’s not much point without more power sources.

Ray (12:31:23) :
Pearland Aggie (12:07:55) :
Linda Nazar from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, might just be on the right path. http://news.therecord.com/article/542189
I used to use her x-ray powder diffraction instrument when I did my PhD there (in the lab above). At the time she worked on polymer batteries, and I think she still does.
The sudden dischare of energy in ALL energy storage systems was always and will always be a problem, it does not only apply to batteries. But the more energy you pack in smaller storage systems, the bigger the boom when it goes wrong… the best example is the hydrogen bomb…. lots of power in such small volume.
Ray, thanks for the link.
I try to track all kinds of technological developments including batteries for several years now.
I have a whole collection of press releases that promise exciting new battery technology.
Two years ago a press release was issued by a company stating they were on the brink of producing a battery with 10 fold capacity, three minutes charging time and unlimited discharge time, ideal for electric car propulsion.
WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE FIRST BATTERY.
All those companies, universities and even Government Labs. all are looking for development budgets.
The final product that meets the specifications mentioned in the initial press release however never materialize.
Sure, progress is made but high (er) capacity batteries come at a much higher price.
Despite all the efforts and the incredible pressure from the producers of a.o., lab tops and cell phones producers for better batteries, I think the results are rather disappointing.
My latest lap top can be operated for 8 hours but as soon as I use the wireless connection it is reduced to 3 hours.
The big gain in battery endurance was made by new electronic components that use less energy rather than by new battery technology.
And that is the reality of the day.

For more information: The Population Reduction Agenda For Dummies
http://www.infowars.com/the-population-reduction-agenda-for-dummies/

Without any comments:
http://www.climatedepot.com/a/1893/Gore-US-Climate-Bill-Will-Help-Bring-About-Global-Governance
This is another indication that the UN initiated World Revolution is much more than a conspiracy theory. http://green-agenda.com and http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/agenda21/
I wonder how the Chinese and the Russians think about the idea of Global Governance.
I think they love it as long as they are in power.
Our politicians are really demented and we have to stop this charade.

Orwell was right.

David Corcoran (16:05:03) :
Ray, speaking of Eugenics, you should read about our current Science Czar:
Forced abortions and mass sterilization needed to save the planet
Thanks for the link David.
This Holdren guy is a genuine SOB
How is it possible we have this kind of lunatics in Government positions?
The quotes made in the linked publication are absolute horror.
I wonder if this guy got his education from Dr. Mengele.

Someone asked about UEA’s inclusion of gender studies in their course on climate change. This is obviously a matter of language — ‘gender’ is a grammatical term which has become conflated with the word ‘sex’. Sex and temperature in reptiles is a vital study — see
http://www.reptileconservation.org/ for more information.
As an East Anglian I resent the idea that our major science institution would be so dim as to dilute an important course with sociological claptrap about ‘gender’ relationships in a warming world. They know that science is above such nonsense. They are also committed to free and open sharing of all their science, data and methods.
And I am Marie of Romania.
JF

There are a few salient points to make:
1. Would you expect calm and reasoned analyses from hypochondriacs, those suffering from manic depression (journos) and those with egos larger than a whale’s penis (editors)?
2. The whole thing is ‘shaping the market and shaping the products’. It’s a well known business tactic, perfectly legitimate if a genuine need has been identified (e.g. a new drug treatment for an incurable disease). It’s just that here, the market should be securing reliable affordable power for the forseeable future, not phantom scaremongering about climate (which is generally aiming to blind, not to inform).
3. In capitalism, you only tell the truth when the opposition is dead and you will enjoy superprofits for decades. That’s reality…….so wait until the war for new market share is completed before you expect truth: we’ll all be long dead by then, I’m afraid……
4. I’m coming increasingly to the conclusion that the traditional media is actually contributing significantly to ill-health. I’m seriously wondering about stopping worrying about news and finding a life where ‘news’ isn’t necessary. If enough of us do that, maybe news will return to reality?
5. There seems a small possibility that our ‘energy guy’, Ed Miliband, may try some sensible sustainable energy projects, championing microgeneration locally. He’ll be fighting huge bureaucratic inertia. I truly wish him well – it’d be truly great for Britain to actually do something sensible for once……
6. Whether we’ll also be doing CCS large scale I don’t know………R+D in the next economic cycle, me thinks……….

Ron de Haan (17:19:35) :
http://www.climatedepot.com/a/1893/Gore-US-Climate-Bill-Will-Help-Bring-About-Global-Governance
This is another indication that the UN initiated World Revolution is much more than a conspiracy theory. http://green-age
What this last link provides is an inconvenient list of those who should be prepared to answer for the damage AGW has inflicted. They need not answer queries about agenda – that is clear – they need to tell the world why they chose to fabricate a lie and destroy honest science (and scientists) on the way. They will need to answer. If only before the court of public opinion. But likely before a more ominous court.

A Democratic representative from the I-5 Oregon corridor voted against the bill. Target individual people with a very sharp lazer beam. You will be far more effective than trying to use a broad soft paint brush. Get rid of the Democratic Party? Won’t happen. Vote out specific individuals and de-stablize the party? Very much could happen. And did. Just to the wrong party. And I am partly to blame for that.

Returning to the topic…
The man-in-the-street rarely stops to think too deeply about issues like global warming.
He’s heard a barrage of propaganda – and if he lives in the UK, his children have been exposed to colossal volumes of propaganda in schools. He feels “there may be something in this”.
So he’s already doing many of the gestures.
Recycling bus tickets. Check.
Sitting in the dark for an hour every year. Check.
Tried some organic food and it was OK. Check.
He’s doing these either because he believes in it all or because he wants a quiet life. And it’s not a big sacrifice.
But in spite of doing all the right things, and his friends and neighbours are also all doing the right things, he hears every day that the problem is now worse than ever.
So he tunes out.
And if he stops to think he quickly realises that these gestures are not going to make any difference. If we really are going down the gurgler then drastic action is needed right now – not gestures and not conferences about conferences and reports about reports and vague plans for 2050.
So he tunes out again.

Smokey (07:06:15) :
Here’s a story about how foreign lawyers use the media and environmental laws to game the international legal system:
Actually the case you link to conflicts the U.S. press. On one hand they love to slam international corps like Dole on pesticide and pollution issues. But they cannot afford to alienate their biggest advertisers. Looks like both sides have dirt all over them on this one. No doubt Nicaragua is tipping the scale. But Judge Chaney has a major problem with her reliance on secret/sealed testimony.
Secret testimony in civil cases does not pass “rule of law” scrutiny anymore.

July 13, 2009
Laugh of the day
“The days when science was blighted by a press interested only in “scare stories” are over, according to the Science Minister.
Most coverage of science by the media is now balanced, accurate and engaging, Lord Drayson said. …
In a debate staged at the World Conference of Science Journalists last week in London, Lord Drayson argued that the British media were the “best in the world” at covering science. …
“Sensational science reporting is fine as long as it is accurate and it is good science,” he said. “We need good reporting that also transmits the ‘wow factor’ of science … We need a society that is awestruck by science, not dumbstruck by it.”
Lord Drayson’s positive view was countered by John Martin, an expert in heart disease from University College London, who argued that the headlines and sensationalism in science journalism could have an “incredibly negative” effect.
He told of having to inform 160 people who had written to him in the hope of getting treatment that their expectations had been “raised inappropriately” by press accounts of his work.
Professor Martin argued that such sensationalism was the result of a “structural problem” in the media caused by profit motives driving the news agenda. He also accused some scientists of hyping their own stories to receive coverage.
“I think scientists are driven to overexaggerate the possibilities and their results in order to get limited funding,” he said.” “Official: scientists no longer need fear the press” http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=407327&c=1