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Knee Socks and Libraries: The Sexualisation of Educated Women

September 10, 2015

The academic year is about to start in earnest, and along with all the lecture schedules, seminar timetables and module …

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Welcome to Studying English at the University of Nottingham!

August 13, 2015

Congratulations! Huzzah! Whoop, I say to you, whoop again and thrice whoop! You have all achieved A Great Thing, and …

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Considered, Not Coddled: Trigger Warnings and University Teaching

June 2, 2015

This is a guest post by Willa Hammitt Brown, a doctoral candidate at the University of Virginia, where she is …

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Problems with “The Guardian View on Higher Education”

February 28, 2015

“The Guardian View on Higher Education” sounds like the title of a particularly biting satire on a certain sort of …

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The Supervillain’s Temptation: Owning and Sharing Knowledge

February 28, 2015

To put it another way: one academic cannot know anything – or better, no single academic can be said to …

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My Students Are Not Customers

February 21, 2015

We have to acknowledge that students are customers and we have to meet customer expectations. To do that, we have …

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“like a female spaniel that thinks it’s going to get whipped”: Dorothy L. Sayers, Caroline Spurgeon and Shakespeare

January 31, 2015

Well, I was rather fond of Komski.  And I did almost promise to live with him, till I found that …

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Judging Our Opinions: Views, News and Viewiness

January 23, 2015

Opinions are a curious commodity.  Everyone has the right to their own, and we are told that everyone’s is of …

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Smart Phones and Statistics: The Idea of the “Typical” Student

September 3, 2014

“The university did a survey, and it turns out that more than 95% of students have a smart phone or …

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What’s the Point: Literature Essays and A Sense of Purpose

February 20, 2014

It seems we are not sufficiently introspective in English departments.  I know, something of a shock to me too.  Especially …

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