“Its a well known fact you are not respected by your work collogues and in general just a vile rude obnoxious person.” […]
At some point during the past decade, the line managers began to arrive. Many sociology departments lost their ‘heads’, who then re-appeared […]
Institutionalised sociology begins in the classroom. The classroom is the principal site in which sociologists communicate with non-sociologists or – idealistically – future sociologists about the ethos and knowledge of the discipline.
In a recent article for Miller-McCune Magazine, “‘Wither’ The Liberal Arts College?”, English professor Anne Trubek discusses the troubled state of American liberal […]
An ‘alternative white paper’ has been published this week in the UK setting out an alternative to the Government’s proposed reforms to […]
The Campaign for the Public University is putting together an ‘Alternative White Paper’ on the future of HE funding and is calling […]
This was originally published on the Guardian Higher Education Network blog. By Paul Wellings At around this time of year, at least […]
There is no government mandate for the privatisation of higher education and for the despoiling of the social and cultural value of […]
In recent years there has been an increased focus on how research papers and supplemental data can be preserved openly. Andy Tattersall, Liz Such, Joe Langley and Fiona Marshall argue equal attention should also be paid to curating communication outputs aimed at engaging non-academic audiences.
Michael Burawoy, whose embrace of public sociology and the public at work lead him to describe his influential academic niche as “industrial […]
To address research credibility issues, we must reform the role of metrics, rankings, and incentives in universities.
In recent years there has been an increased focus on how research papers and supplemental data can be preserved openly. Andy Tattersall, Liz Such, Joe Langley and Fiona Marshall argue equal attention should also be paid to curating communication outputs aimed at engaging non-academic audiences.
A new people has emerged in the digital age, that of ‘internet famous’ celebrities. And that new people has a class of […]
Xenotransplantation is a fascinating subject – for obvious reasons, as it involves transplanting organs or other body parts across species boundaries (in […]
