Knee Socks and Libraries: The Sexualisation of Educated Women
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!
Congratulations! Huzzah! Whoop, I say to you, whoop again and thrice whoop! You have all achieved A Great Thing, and …
Considered, Not Coddled: Trigger Warnings and University Teaching
This is a guest post by Willa Hammitt Brown, a doctoral candidate at the University of Virginia, where she is …
Problems with “The Guardian View on Higher Education”
“The Guardian View on Higher Education” sounds like the title of a particularly biting satire on a certain sort of …
The Supervillain’s Temptation: Owning and Sharing Knowledge
To put it another way: one academic cannot know anything – or better, no single academic can be said to …
My Students Are Not Customers
We have to acknowledge that students are customers and we have to meet customer expectations. To do that, we have …
“like a female spaniel that thinks it’s going to get whipped”: Dorothy L. Sayers, Caroline Spurgeon and Shakespeare
Well, I was rather fond of Komski. And I did almost promise to live with him, till I found that …
Judging Our Opinions: Views, News and Viewiness
Opinions are a curious commodity. Everyone has the right to their own, and we are told that everyone’s is of …
Smart Phones and Statistics: The Idea of the “Typical” Student
“The university did a survey, and it turns out that more than 95% of students have a smart phone or …
What’s the Point: Literature Essays and A Sense of Purpose
It seems we are not sufficiently introspective in English departments. I know, something of a shock to me too. Especially …
