Whatever happened to the CUDOS of academic values?
Over the past century, capitalism, relativism, egoism and social advocacy have fuelled the decay of traditional academic commitments, says Bruce Macfarlane
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Academic leadership is important – and it has many pleasures
Good people who fail to put themselves forward are in no position to carp about their ‘overlords’, says Bruce Macfarlane
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Teaching awards are for losers
Handing out glitzy prizes is a cheaper way of shoring up morale than paying people better, says Bruce Macfarlane
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Universities’ sacred and profane terms are blunting critical thinking
Language is a powerful tool for breaking down resistance and normalising unhealthy cultural change, says Bruce Macfarlane
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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
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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
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新冠病毒会永久改变大学吗？现在下结论还为时过早
布鲁斯·麦克法伦（Bruce Macfarlane）表示，未来的世界通常与我们最初的想象大相径庭
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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
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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
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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
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‘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
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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
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Authorship abuse is the dark side of collaboration
Too many senior scholars abuse their power when it comes to assigning credit, argues Bruce Macfarlane
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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
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I'm an academic and I want to be proud of it
There was never a golden age in which academic values such as universalism and disinterestedness were not at risk, argues Bruce Macfarlane. But in an age of sponsorism and insecurity, all scholars...