Academics should decline grand and global challenges Universities have decried the GCRF cuts, but being corralled into promoting justice globalism is not academic freedom, says Bruce Macfarlane By Bruce Macfarlane 1 April
Pulling strings to get your research students a job is not good mentoring Those who make the loudest noises about equality can be among the most myopic about the evils of academic inbreeding, says Bruce Macfarlane By Bruce Macfarlane 27 October
Will Covid-19 change universities forever? Don’t jump to conclusions Tomorrow’s world often turns out to be less radically different than we might have first thought, says Bruce Macfarlane By Bruce Macfarlane 14 May
Universities do not have a monopoly on academics Many retired academics embrace the freedom to fully embody their view of the serious scholar, says Bruce Macfarlane By Bruce Macfarlane 11 October
The REF is wrong: books are not inferior to papers Monographs typically constitute a scholar’s greatest achievement, but REF strategists discourage their production, says Bruce Macfarlane By Bruce Macfarlane 7 December
The moral panic over student cheating must end We need to call off the witch-hunt and trust in the capacity of our students to learn, says Bruce Macfarlane By Bruce Macfarlane 14 September
‘Collegiality’ has become an empty word Although the term still resonates with scholars, it means less and less in today’s academy, says Bruce Macfarlane By Bruce Macfarlane 22 December
Academic double standards: freedom for lecturers, compliance for students Bruce Macfarlane on the hypocrisy of academics who help to monitor students in ways they themselves never were By Bruce Macfarlane 29 September
Authorship abuse is the dark side of collaboration Too many senior scholars abuse their power when it comes to assigning credit, argues Bruce Macfarlane By Bruce Macfarlane 10 December
The invention of tradition: how ‘researchers’ replaced teachers Early issues of the journal Studies in Higher Education show how greatly academics’ view of what they do has changed, says Bruce Macfarlane By Bruce Macfarlane 25 June
