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Colin Hopkins, born in Saint Annes Hospital in Mount Lawley, Western Australia. Grew up and raised by loving Parents John and Marianne Hopkins and younger brother to Shane Hopkins. Forever through my younger I loved to draw and be creative with whatever I would do, My Nan Joyce Hopkins would take me to art galleries and luncheons with artists where I would perform and study all aspects of the arts during my high school years. I was accepted into a selected program called “The special Art School” at Kalamunda High School My parents separated when I was in my mid-teens, so my art career was put on hold. I then went on to do a trade as a Boilermaker/Welder and built boats and luxury ships. I started working on “The adventures of Fang, the wonder dog” in my early 20s with the assistance of my friends 4-year-old daughter name Kori. Kori would suggest what I should draw in the background of each picture and every day after she finished school we would work on it together.
This is an authoritative monograph on one of Britain's most internationally respected contemporary architects, Michael Hopkins. The book presents all Hopkins' major and new buildings and projects, with 3 key essays by well-known critics.
The second volume on the award-winning architect and his firm.
Some colleges will do anything to improve their national ranking. That can be bad for their students—and for higher education. Since U.S. News & World Report first published a college ranking in 1983, the rankings industry has become a self-appointed judge, declaring winners and losers among America's colleges and universities. In this revealing account, Colin Diver shows how popular rankings have induced college applicants to focus solely on pedigree and prestige, while tempting educators to sacrifice academic integrity for short-term competitive advantage. By forcing colleges into standardized "best-college" hierarchies, he argues, rankings have threatened the institutional diversity, in...
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From its foundation in 1826, UCL embraced a progressive and pioneering spirit. It was the first university in England to admit students regardless of religion and made higher education affordable and accessible to a much broader section of society. It was also effectively the first university to welcome women on equal terms with men. From the outset UCL showed a commitment to innovative ideas and new methods of teaching and research. This book charts the history of UCL from 1826 through to the present day, highlighting its many contributions to society in Britain and around the world. It covers the expansion of the university through the growth in student numbers and institutional mergers. I...
"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as an addendum to vol. 26, no. 7.