Blair to teach at Yale University

[shan]

Ewen MacAskill in Washington and Patrick Wintour

Tony Blair is to take up a senior academic post in the autumn at one of America's most prestigious universities teaching politics and religion.

Yale confirmed yesterday he is to join the schools of management and divinity, at the campus in New Haven, Connecticut.

He will combine his work at Yale with his duties as a special envoy to the Quartet, an international body committed to peace in the Middle East.

He is to spend part of each month in London and part in New Haven.

His work with the Quartet - which represents the United Nations, the US, the European Union and Russia - takes up about ten days a month. Sources close to Blair say that he is taking on an enormous work burden and will be tremendously over-committed in the coming year.

The deans of the Yale schools of management and divinity are in discussion with Blair about how much time he will spend at the university.

Professor Richard Levin, president of Yale, said: "The appointment of Mr. Blair provides a tremendous opportunity for our students and our community. As the world continues to become increasingly inter-dependent, it is essential that we explore how religious values can be channeled toward reconciliation rather than polarisation."

He added: "Mr Blair has demonstrated outstanding leadership in these areas and is especially qualified to bring his perspective to bear. We are honoured that he is planning to join the Yale community."

Blair and his then chief of staff, Jonathan Powell, sounded out the London School of Economics in 2006 about setting up a school of government but backed off after resistance from staff and students over his role in the Iraq war.

Blair's close links with President George Bush and his support for the 2003 Iraq invasion are less controversial in the US than in Britain.

Yale has strong ties with Bush and his father, both graduates. Blair's son Euan is an undergraduate at the university.

Blair, who is in the US and is due to return to the UK next week, saw Bush in Washington on Tuesday.

Yale had not been planning to announce his new post until later this year but brought forward a statement after being contacted by the Guardian.

His decision to teach religion as well as politics confirms how important his Christianity was during his years in Downing Street. Fearful that it could turn off some voters, he played it down in the run-up to the 1997 general election and the early years of his premiership.

He is to set up a Blair Faith Foundation, based in London, before heading to the US for the autumn term. The foundation is intended to promote understanding between Christianity, Judaism and Islam, and look at the role of religion in the modern world.
The new body was inspired by the Clinton Foundation, which raises money for the developing world.

Yale said that he will teach a seminar and be involved in other events round the campus, all related to examining issues of faith and globalisation related to his Faith Foundation. While at Downing Street, he read the Koran to try to better understand the Muslim world in the aftermath of 9/11.

His post at Yale is the Howland Distinguished Fellowship, created in 1915 for a "citizen of any country in recognition of some achievement of marked distinction in the field of literature or fine arts or the science of government." Among those who have been Howland Distinguished Fellows are the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, journalist Sir Alistair Cooke and stateswoman Indira Gandhi.

[The Smoking Man]

Yeah ... the same University who trained Bush is now using Tony Blair to teach Americans about Honesty and divinity.

Well, I suppose if you are going to hell, why not? Who better to know the most about damnation?

[shan]

Yeah ... the same University who trained Bush is now using Tony Blair to teach Americans about Honesty and divinity.

Yes, Bush was trained in Yale , but over the past three centuries, Yale has produced a galaxy of outstanding figures, including 20 Nobel laureates and the other four American presidents, including Bill Cliton

you really need to read more books about Yale's history .

[The Smoking Man]

Yeah ... the same University who trained Bush is now using Tony Blair to teach Americans about Honesty and divinity.

Yes, Bush was trained in Yale , but over the past three centuries, Yale has produced a galaxy of outstanding figures, including 20 Nobel laureates and the other four American presidents, including Bill Cliton

you really need to read more books about Yale's history .

Yeah ... and China invented the compass ... this does not mean that the quality can't go down.

And Bill Clinton is more proud of training in the UK.

[shan]

Yeah ... and China invented the compass ... this does not mean that the quality can't go down.

you mean Yale's quality went down because of a single student on the campus --Bush ?

anyone knows that he was a dull student when he was in Yale .

[shan]

OK., GIVE me an example which excels Yale

US News Law School Ranking 2008

1Yale University (CT) 

 2Harvard University (MA)

 2Stanford University (CA)

 4New York University                     

 5Columbia University (NY)   


               Law School Ranking 2007
01----------Yale
02----------Stanford
03----------Harvard


US News Law School Ranking 2006
01----------Yale
02----------Harvard
03----------Stanford
04----------Columbia
05----------NYU



US News Law School Ranking 2005
01----------Yale
02----------Harvard
03----------Stanford
04----------Columbia




US News Law School Ranking 2004
01----------Yale
02----------Stanford
03----------Harvard


US News Law School Ranking 2003
01----------Yale
02----------Stanford
03----------Harvard


US News Law School Ranking 2002
01----------Yale
02----------Stanford
03----------Harvard


US News Law School Ranking 2001
01----------Yale
02----------Stanford
03----------Harvard

[The Smoking Man]

That's the problem with Chinese people.

You're obsessed with 'rankings' because you have no standards.

If you had standards, you'd realize an education anywhere would get you a job.

[shan]

I beg you don't humiliate yourself in public by talking like  an adult illiterate who knows nothing about the academia
 
the ranking list is created by referring sorts of acknowledged STANDARDS ,so it has absolute authoritativeness in academia


We can't guarantee that all the students in Yale will be great leaders or pioneers in all walks of life
 
But they have absolute competitive edge in this socity  thanks to Yale's excellent academic environment and educational quality .
 
Haven't you heard that the salary packages of Yale students are tenfolds more than others ?
 
While other students need to stand a long line to get an entry ticket to a job fair and Yale's students sit and cross their fingers since they have been "booked"  one or two years ago before they graduate ?
 
Can't you tell the difference and see the contrast now ?

[The Smoking Man]

I beg you don't humiliate yourself in public by talking like  an adult illiterate who knows nothing about the academia
 
the ranking list is created by referring sorts of acknowledged STANDARDS ,so it has absolute authoritativeness in academia


We can't guarantee that all the students in Yale will be great leaders or pioneers in all walks of life
 
But they have absolute competitive edge in this socity  thanks to Yale's excellent academic environment and educational quality .
 
Haven't you heard that the salary packages of Yale students are tenfolds more than others ?
 
While other students need to stand a long line to get an entry ticket to a job fair and Yale's students sit and cross their fingers since they have been "booked"  one or two years ago before they graduate ?
 
Can't you tell the difference and see the contrast now ?

Well, aside from dumping a vocabulary that is too big for you, you will find that the same is true in the USA as it is in China. You choose your institution based on who you will go to school with.

The friends you make will be who influence your life.

In other words, since YALE charges higher fees, the people who attend are rich and rich people tend to hire other rich peoples kids.

How the FUCK do you think a guy with a 'C' average became President???

The UK has it too to a certain extent with Oxford and Cambridge ... Eaton, etc.

Canada however has the U of T, Queens, UBC and it doesn't matter which you attend. The degrees are the same.

[shan]

You're obsessed with 'rankings' because you have no standards.

If you had standards, you'd realize an education anywhere would get you a job

Canada however has the U of T, Queens, UBC and it doesn't matter which you attend. The degrees are the same

haha , it's interesting that you claim the degrees are the same while putting forward the best three universities in Canada,and I am sure , it's just in the proper order as the ranking list shows , it confused me again.


At the moment when you were bragging of your 1 yr experience in the University of Toronto and I saw the sparkles in your eyes  ,I believe you have the same aspiration for a prestigious University like i do .

Don't make yourself too self-contradictory and inconsistent,Smokie

[shan]

 PS:

What's wrong with the time .? the time on my computer is 5:30pm

and the posting time is 6:30pm

LOL , everything is baffling today 

[shan]

HKU is the best.

Now stop fighting!

ok, i agree .and Suzhou U the second

[The Smoking Man]

You're obsessed with 'rankings' because you have no standards.

If you had standards, you'd realize an education anywhere would get you a job

Canada however has the U of T, Queens, UBC and it doesn't matter which you attend. The degrees are the same

haha , it's interesting that you claim the degrees are the same while putting forward the best three universities in Canada,and I am sure , it's just in the proper order as the ranking list shows , it confused me again.


At the moment when you were bragging of your 1 yr experience in the University of Toronto and I saw the sparkles in your eyes  ,I believe you have the same aspiration for a prestigious University like i do .

Don't make yourself too self-contradictory and inconsistent,Smokie

Huh???

I listed  them in order of distance from my home in Cambridge, Ontario.

[The Smoking Man]

So who is the dolt that swoops in and comments and then has second thoughts making shan look like an idiot.

Please don't do that.

[shan]

Sorry i have to tear off your last fig leaf , you hate the Chinese government as well as Chinese people and your hatred is radiated from the lines of your posts and hence you are not welcomed by the people here , as long as they see your "real face" .