Laurie Taylor – 7 December 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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REF reflections: are the 2021 rules fair?
One applauds the sentiments expressed by James Wilsdon in his article on the research excellence framework 2021 and I agree that the majority of recently announced decisions are sensible and were...
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No filters
We the undersigned stand in solidarity with the journal Third World Quarterly and its editor-in-chief. Those of us not already involved with the journal stand ready to support it, including...
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Gulf of opinion
Speaking personally, but as a member of the Higher Education Academy Board, we have often discussed the question of the ethics of the HEA’s expanding portfolio of global activities. It’s not...
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& Co.
Further to suggestions on how to avoid authorship wars, if more than six people are involved in a project, then there should be a single author “plus team of XX people”, with those people and their...
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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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Improving universities’ image is not just about education
Institutions must be willing to meet the new world of populism and protectionism halfway, says Matthew Andrews
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Breakwell’s treatment suggests ‘nasty women’ still attract excessive criticism
The recent downfalls of Dame Glynis Breakwell and Grace Mugabe are very different stories, but both reveal some age-old traits, says Agnieszka Piotrowska
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New and noteworthy – 7 December 2017
Code-switching software, resetting university missions, and saving species from the poachers and traders
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The Red Atlas: How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World, by John Davies and Alexander J. Kent
Book of the week: A secret cartography project is a route to the past – and your house, finds Jerry Brotton
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What are you reading? – 7 December 2017
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers