Why is no one listening?
Academic ways of communicating are often the exact opposite of what you need to draw widespread attention to your research, writes Simon Hall. Here are…
THE podcast: an interview with Dame Madeleine Atkins, president of Lucy Cavendish College,…
Dame Madeleine, a veteran leader in English higher education, shares how a widening access initiative led to the elite college admitting more than 90 per cent of…
Inclusion of thought v inclusion of feelings: a showdown
In the pursuit of inclusivity, should we adjust what we teach to include students’ sensitivities or expose them to the full range of serious ideas? asks Arif Ahmed
Helping students tackle terminology barriers
Lots of new terminology can leave students feeling overwhelmed. Sonja Dunbar shares one way to build student confidence when encountering discipline…
Academics must resist the creeping degradation of academic freedom
Unless an academic is exceptionally bloody-minded, they will eventually take the path of least resistance, which is subtle erosion in action, says Arif Ahmed
Universities must follow business and place ‘purpose’ front and centre
More and more businesses are shifting from the short-term myopia of financial self-interest to enduring, aspirational reasons to exist. Universities need to do the…
