Archives for August, 2020

Open Letter Defends Social Science, Humanities in Wake of Pandemic
Infrastructure
August 19, 2020

Open Letter Defends Social Science, Humanities in Wake of Pandemic

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Beyond Illness: COVID-19 is Hurting Women In Academia
Higher Education Reform
August 13, 2020

Beyond Illness: COVID-19 is Hurting Women In Academia

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5 Ways To Make Your Writing Assignments Better
Communication
August 13, 2020

5 Ways To Make Your Writing Assignments Better

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Do We Value Unfunded Research Properly?
Research
August 13, 2020

Do We Value Unfunded Research Properly?

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Coronavirus UK – Patrician Policymaking

Coronavirus UK – Patrician Policymaking

The management of the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the hollowness of that alternative in policies that have been made by people with very narrow life experiences and imposed on others with whom there is, as Disraeli once said, ‘no intercourse and no sympathy’.

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Coronavirus UK – Is COVID-19 a Disease?

Coronavirus UK – Is COVID-19 a Disease?

Having locked ourselves into a particular way of thinking and acting in relation to COVID-19, argues Robert Dingwall, it is very difficult for this to be questioned – but it must not go unchallenged if we are to balance the moral goals of medicine with the other moral goals that make up a good society.

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Thinking of Taking an Academic Job in China? Better Plan Carefully

Thinking of Taking an Academic Job in China? Better Plan Carefully

At their heart, Chinese public universities are deeply parochial bureaucratic structures geared towards the party-state’s priorities for socio-economic development. In response to national and international pressures, some universities have recently begun to internationalize, with notably different degrees of enthusiasm. Others have not. You would do well to determine, the author writes, into what category a prospective employer falls.

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Kamala Harris’ Ambition: Free Chapter from ‘Why Don’t Women Rule the World?’

Kamala Harris’ Ambition: Free Chapter from ‘Why Don’t Women Rule the World?’

A free chapter from ‘Why Don’t Women Rule the World? Understanding Women’s Civic and Political Choices’ explores political ambition among women – a key talking point since the selection of Kamala Harris as a vice presidential candidate.

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Let’s Learn From COVID – Universities Should Rethink the Exam

Let’s Learn From COVID – Universities Should Rethink the Exam

As universities start to imagine a post-pandemic future, they are faced with a choice – to simply return to the way things were, or embrace this opportunity to change assessment for good.

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Business and Biodiversity: A View from the Inside

Business and Biodiversity: A View from the Inside

‘Do well by doing good’ is a mantra for management that sounds promising, but is it realistic? In today’s post, Clément Feger, an assistant professor at AgroParisTech and a researcher at Montpellier Recherche en Management at the Université de Montpellier, offers work he did that looks at one company’s efforts to foster sustainability in the environment and the balance sheet, and offers models for others to follow.

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Watch the Webinar: Mobilizing Young Voters Focus of 2020 David Lecture

Watch the Webinar: Mobilizing Young Voters Focus of 2020 David Lecture

Will the recent wave of youth activism in protesting racial injustice translate into higher turnout rates in the 2020 U.S. presidential election? […]

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Coronavirus UK – A Nasty Infection But Let’s Have a Sense of Proportion

Coronavirus UK – A Nasty Infection But Let’s Have a Sense of Proportion

Of course the government should have a Plan B for a second wave. But this might also be a moment to ask where pandemic management is taking us.

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