Today’s students are anything but coddled
The furore about trigger warnings and no-platform campaigns reveals not a timid generation but rather one unafraid to tackle reality head-on, argues Tom Cutterham
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Public engagement: go forth and mingle
Three scholars share the pleasures and perils of sticking your head above the parapet
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Grant winners – 3 December 2015
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Laurie Taylor – 3 December 2015
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Germaine Greer: having her speak at Cardiff University was the right thing to do
The eminent scholar’s views are controversial, says v-c Colin Riordan, but providing a forum for debate is core to universities’ mission
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TEF may open door to student litigation
I was interested to read the outcome of the litigation initiated by a student who claimed that the teaching she had received in her two-year MSc course in nutritional therapy at the University of...
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In magic we trust
I currently live in Manchester and have read a lot in the newspapers about a “miracle material” called graphene. I was therefore interested to read that a grant has been awarded for a research...
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Governing diversity
We could not agree more that women are most affected by workaholic cultures, but our evidence shows that diversity is a concern for governors (“Female academic leaders suffer more from ‘workaholic’...
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Emeritus perks
It would be easy to moan about emeritus status, citing numerous complaints about poor facilities and the absence of engagement with younger colleagues and students, but even with these caveats it is...