Laurie Taylor – 8 March 2018
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!

The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!

Universities need to confront, rather than ignore, uncomfortable questions about the worth of higher education to be in with a fighting chance

Economist Bryan Caplan considers tangible benefits, inconvenient truths and wonders whether Latin and poetry are worth the effort when ‘Kardashian’ trumps ‘Shakespeare’ in Google search results
While I agree with Fiona Whelan on the importance of university support staff to institutions, and concur that universities could do more to appreciate them, I have to disagree with the comments...
In his criticism of Spiked’s Free Speech University Rankings, “Frankly, the Free Speech Rankings are misleading, ill-informed and worryingly influential” (Opinion, 22 February), Carl Thompson fails...
Gendered power displays do not have to be sexual in nature, as illustrated by the occupation of gatekeeping positions in academic systems, in this case in respect of research and publishing. There...
In your round-up of The Week in Higher Education (News, 22 February), you report Aileen Hammond’s suggestion that “all students in tertiary education could be required to register for work in...
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Parochialism makes sense from a career point of view, but is disastrous for public discourse, say Cynthia Miller-Idriss and Mitchell L. Stevens

People must be treated fairly, but endless box-ticking is not the way to ensure this, say Roger Watson and David Thompson

Students would benefit enormously if only universities felt freer to innovate and collaborate, says Nick Bevan