Academia

Liberal Arts: Still Valuable
Higher Education Reform
February 21, 2013

Liberal Arts: Still Valuable

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And Then There Were No Books
Featured
December 23, 2012

And Then There Were No Books

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Are You a Viking? University, Masculinity and the Language of Violence
Career
November 25, 2012

Are You a Viking? University, Masculinity and the Language of Violence

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Showmanship and The Entrepreneurial University
Academic Funding
November 9, 2012

Showmanship and The Entrepreneurial University

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How to Improve Your CV and Get a Great Job

How to Improve Your CV and Get a Great Job

The unsettling truth about the Academic job market.

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Academic Blogging

Academic Blogging

Technology has the potential to share knowledge both further and faster. The 2012 THE Knowledge Exchange / Transfer Initiative of the Year was recently won by LSE for a series of academic blogs, and the managing editors share their thoughts with us about the state, impact, and future of academic blogging

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The Politics of Dissent

The Politics of Dissent

Recently, The Independent published a brief piece on the ‘slave-like’ working conditions of PhD students at UK universities. This sounds dramatic, but it’s hardly news – the problem has been around for years. The question arises why dissent did not emerge earlier and more forcefully.

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Using Racism in the (International) Seminar Room

Using Racism in the (International) Seminar Room

Over the last ten years I have encountered a range of racist discourse in the teaching environment.The first often emanates from international students who inadvertently make inaccurate generalisations based on racial difference. The second is formed within the seminar room, and emanates from British students towards international students.

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Using Twitter in University Research, Teaching and Impact Activities

Using Twitter in University Research, Teaching and Impact Activities

How is twitter relevant to universities and academia? Can anything of academic value ever be said in just 140 characters? Amy Mollett, […]

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Does the way social scientists write stop them being heard?

Does the way social scientists write stop them being heard?

The commentator Nick Cohen argues in an article this week that many academics – specifically in social sciences and humanities – are unable to write clearly […]

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