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The Jaws that Bite: Or, On Rejection.

Most of my life has been spent in education. Barring a year out due to illness, I moved from GCSE to a PhD Scholarship with comfortable ease. Whether through ability, luck, or both, I was rarely rejected for any opportunity … Read More »

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The Managed University

One of today’s most influential Higher Education bloggers is American literature professor Marc Bousquet. You can visit his blog by clicking here. He has a large following and his complaints about the casualization of the HE job market resonate in … Read More »

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Should we publish less or more?

A controversial article appeared in the Chronicle this week claiming that perhaps academics publish too much useless research and that the amount of publications required for job applications or promotion should be reduced in order to increase the quality of … Read More »

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