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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...

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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...

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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

A Cry From Canada: Freedom of Expression Under Attack at Our Universities

By SAGE | Published: February 14, 2018

The former president of the University of Saskatchewan argues that freedom of expression is under attack in Canada's universities through an accumulation of episodes that...

Also posted in Public Policy | Tagged Academic Freedom, Canada, Freedom of Expression | Leave a comment

Scientists in Need of Arts Training

By Richard Lachman | Published: January 19, 2018

How can universities train our scientists, technologists and engineers to engage with society rather than perform as cogs in the engine of economic development? Author...

Also posted in Interdisciplinarity | Tagged Arts and Culture, STEM, STEM subjects, The Conversation | Leave a comment

Academics: The Belaboured Profession

By Daniel Nehring | Published: January 12, 2018

With the exception of star academics and leading figures of the United Kingdom's academic establishment, lecturers today are held in little regard, argues our Daniel...

Posted in Higher Education Reform | Tagged Corporatization, Teaching Excellence Framework | Leave a comment

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Higher Education Reform

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

A Cry From Canada: Freedom of Expression Under Attack at Our Universities

Scientists in Need of Arts Training

Academics: The Belaboured Profession

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