First World War: Still No End in Sight, by Frank Furedi
The conflict takes a backseat to questions about the state of ideological and cultural thinking, says Angela K. Smith
The conflict takes a backseat to questions about the state of ideological and cultural thinking, says Angela K. Smith
R. Danielle Egan on an analysis of scandals that fails to link them with a sociological narrative
Frank Furedi sets out to do two things in this book. First, he analyses the media circus that ensued after the 2012 airing of a BBC Newsnight report on allegations of sexual abuses committed by the...
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
Critics underestimated the human imagination’s capacity to render concepts flexible, says Frank Furedi
Treating staff and students like children discourages the kind of experimentation that will yield solutions to the challenges we face, says Frank Furedi
Macho columnist Frank Furedi can't be scared of a few mums and dads. One wonders if he is more worried that today's conscientious parents might be reading his apparently random articles in The Times...
Frank Furedi’s piece on how the post-Brexit response suggests an out-of-touch scholarly class is strangely post-factual (“Brexit pity parties show how out of touch academia is”, Opinion, 14 July)....
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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...
So the New College of the Humanities not only has A.C. Grayling, possessor of one of the more interesting hairstyles in the academy, it also has the support of Frank Furedi, who as an ex-leading...
I must write in robust defence of learning outcomes, which Frank Furedi so harshly dismisses.Centres of academic practice in universities all over the UK have spent the past 15 years searching for a...
Battle of Ideas event asks whether ‘core academic values’ are still safe in the academy
Go backwards to go forwards Are you awake at the back? In our new careers and jobs section, how to keep students' attention throughout the year; a department audit; why ethics is taught on ever more...
Frank Furedi is right. If academics and the institutions in which they work treat knowledge as a commodity, why shouldn't students do the same? When "getting through" is all that matters, what...