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Inspector Morse, Universities and Detective Fiction at York Festival of Ideas

June 16, 2021

This Sunday I’ll be speaking at York Festival of Ideas about universities and detective fiction, and you’re welcome to attend. …

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Linguistic policing, lost marks and learning outcomes: controversy on the British university campus

April 2, 2017

An article appeared in The Guardian today suggesting that students in British universities are being subjected to linguistic policing, and threatened …

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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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Speak Its Name, by Kathleen Jowitt

February 5, 2016

“This it what it was like. No matter who you were back then, and whoever you ended up as afterwards, …

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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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November 19th, Actually: International Men’s Day

November 22, 2015

International Men’s Day took place this last week.  It’s the 19th of November, a date more usually known on Twitter …

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The Satisfactions of a Tipsy Orchard Pig: On Academic Autumn

November 7, 2015

Autumn is more or less over; the rain is getting colder and more consistent, the mists are rather more serious …

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