JUST ANOTHER THOUGHT

Next Wednesday we begin the holzweg or pehaps it is the feldweg. As to Holzweg, it is generally described as is a path in the woods made by foresters. It may refer to the space cleared to allow a large tree to fall unrestrictedly to the ground: it may also be the path created as the cutting of trees progresses ever more deeply into the woods. In both of these forms, a Holzweg is a "path that leads nowhere." It is a mental exercise. The feldweg is the dirt road we follow on the holzweg and as such perhaps is a direction towards somewhere or something. Whatever the path, it exists in thought. Thinking is itself a performance, a practice not so much to provide answers to questions, but to keep the questions alive.

"Thinking ... is no more and no less an organ of perception than the eye or ear. Just as the eye perceives colours and the ear sounds, so thinking perceives ideas."

However, “Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.”

To that end we embark on education level 8 as regulated by Ofqual.

Ofqual is the regulator of qualifications, examinations and assessments in England and vocational qualifications in Northern Ireland

“It’s our job to maintain standards and confidence in qualifications. We look after GCSEs and A levels in England, and a wide range of vocational qualifications both in England and Northern Ireland. We also regulate the National Curriculum Assessments in England.

We are independent of Government ministers and we report directly to Parliament in Westminster and the Northern Ireland Assembly. While we are independent, we give advice to Government on qualifications and assessment based on our research into these areas.

We regulate by recognising and monitoring organisations that deliver qualifications and assessments as set out in the Apprenticeship, Skills, Children and Learning Act (2009) and Education Act (2011).”

Doctorates are awarded to students who have demonstrated:

1. the creation and interpretation of new knowledge, through original research or other advanced scholarship, of a quality to satisfy peer review, extend the forefront of the discipline, and merit publication;

2. a systematic acquisition and understanding of a substantial body of knowledge which is at the forefront of an academic discipline or area of professional practice;

3. the general ability to conceptualise, design and implement a project for the generation of new knowledge, applications or understanding at the forefront of the discipline, and to adjust the project design in the light of unforeseen problems;

a detailed understanding of applicable techniques for research and advanced academic enquiry.

I have no thought/idea if any of the above will apply at the end of this feldweg.