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Tag Archives: higher education

Thinking In Front Of You: Lecturing and Research

March 9, 2016

I’ve been writing some pieces recently about the value of lectures in higher education, and trying to articulate why I …

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Students As Consumers: A Serious Mistake

February 18, 2016

Students with a “consumer mindset” achieve lower grades, according to a paper published recently in Studies in Higher Education. The …

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University Isn’t For Men?

February 11, 2016

Attempts to combat violent misogyny in British universities are putting men off going to uni. That’s the basic message of …

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Right Here, Right Now: Lecturing and Presence

December 14, 2015

One of the real advantages of a lecture is that the person giving it is present. A low bar, you …

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In Defence of the Lecture: Bad Reasons

December 11, 2015

The lecture seems rather under attack at the moment. For good reasons, a model of education in which one person …

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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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Dishonor Code: Rape, Reputation and Repercussion at U.Va

November 23, 2014

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

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