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Arbitrary Choices and the Politics of Sociological Enquiry

By Daniel Nehring | Published: June 29, 2018

Arbitrary choices --all those political considerations that twist and constrain scholarship without adding to it in intellectually meaningful ways -- are rife in contemporary academic...

Who Might Address Research Candidates’ Off-the-Charts Stress?

By Karen Barry | Published: June 26, 2018

Graduate research candidates are the powerhouse of research in universities, yet many have reported feelings of isolation, burnout, and career uncertainty. Karen Barry reports on a study...

Also posted in International Debates, Research | Tagged Graduate Students, mental health, stress | Leave a comment

Literature Reviews Are Already Broken, So Let’s Kill Them

By Richard P. Phelps | Published: June 25, 2018

The literature review is a staple of the scholarly article. But when reviews misrepresent previous studies or suggest there's a paucity of information when there...

Also posted in Communication | Tagged Academic Publishing, Literature Review, Publication Concerns, scholarly articles | Leave a comment

How to Have the Best Possible Student-Supervisor Meeting

By Alex Clark and Bailey Sousa | Published: May 23, 2018

Drawing on their new SAGE book for students and academics “How to be a Happy Academic,” Alex Clark and Bailey Sousa share strategies for successful...

Also posted in News, Tips | Tagged Happy Academic, Tips | Leave a comment

Mariya Ivancheva: ‘At Stake is the Future of Public Higher Education’

By Daniel Nehring | Published: May 1, 2018

Anthropologist and sociologist Mariya Ivancheva has viewed modern higher education from a number of global perches, whether in Eastern Europe or South Africa, the strapped...

Posted in Higher Education Reform | Tagged Academic Capitalism | Leave a comment

Ewan Mackenzie: ‘A Sense of Hope for Achieving Broader Change’

By Daniel Nehring | Published: April 26, 2018

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In this second of a series of interviews conducted by Social Science Space’s Daniel Nehring, Ewan Mackenzie explains why he joined the May 4 'Reclaiming'...

Posted in Higher Education Reform | Tagged Academic Capitalism, neoliberalism, Resilience, Resistance | Leave a comment

Research Must Try to Influence Change

By James Georgalakis | Published: April 26, 2018

There is no doubt that good communications and framing research for your audience is important to influencing policy and having impact. But shouldn’t we be...

Also posted in Impact | Tagged Evidence-Based Policy, Knowledge Exchange | Leave a comment

Impact Still Helping Higher Education; But at What Cost?

By Tina Basi and Mona Sloane | Published: April 25, 2018

Tina Basi and Mona Sloane argue that REF 2021 offers the opportunity to frame a discussion on the purpose of universities that is less focused...

Also posted in Impact, Public Policy | Tagged Evidence-Based Policy, Knowledge Exchange | Leave a comment

Audrey Verma: ‘A Clean-up Crew for the Messes and Excesses of Neoliberalism’

By Daniel Nehring | Published: April 24, 2018

In this debut interview conducted by Social Science Space's Daniel Nehring, Audrey Verma explains her inspirations in organizing the forum, how her claims of the...

Posted in Higher Education Reform | Tagged Neoliberal | Leave a comment

Announcing a New Series on Academic Capitalism

By Daniel Nehring | Published: April 24, 2018

In the coming weeks, Social Science Space will publish a series of interviews on academic capitalism and academic resistance. These interviews pertain to the event...

Also posted in Announcements | Tagged Academic Capitalism, Resilience, Resistance | Leave a comment

Should Universities Be Parents?

By Robert Dingwall | Published: April 17, 2018

Increasingly, says Robert Dingwall, UK universities are taking a more paternal role in the lives of their students, taking -- or perhaps resuming -- more...

Also posted in Public Policy, Teaching | Tagged binge drinking, in loco parentis, mental health, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, Student Experience, student poverty, student welfare | Leave a comment

The Gender Pay Gap Persists at Canadian Universities

By Megan Frederickson | Published: April 5, 2018

There is still a gender pay gap at nearly all Canadian universities, with especially big gaps at Canada’s 15 research-intensive universities, Megan Frederickson shows. It's...

Also posted in Early Career, News | Tagged Academic Pay, Canada, Gender Gap, Pay Disparity, The Conversation | Leave a comment

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Higher Education Reform

Arbitrary Choices and the Politics of Sociological Enquiry

Who Might Address Research Candidates’ Off-the-Charts Stress?

Literature Reviews Are Already Broken, So Let’s Kill Them

How to Have the Best Possible Student-Supervisor Meeting

Mariya Ivancheva: ‘At Stake is the Future of Public Higher Education’

Ewan Mackenzie: ‘A Sense of Hope for Achieving Broader Change’

Research Must Try to Influence Change

Impact Still Helping Higher Education; But at What Cost?

Audrey Verma: ‘A Clean-up Crew for the Messes and Excesses of Neoliberalism’

Announcing a New Series on Academic Capitalism

Should Universities Be Parents?

The Gender Pay Gap Persists at Canadian Universities

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