Category Archives: Universities

Rachel Pain on the Impact agenda

Posted on February 11, 2013 by stuartelden

My Durham colleague Rachel Pain discusses the Impact agenda at the LSE Impact of Social Sciences Blog.

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Two more links on Brooklyn College

Posted on February 5, 2013 by stuartelden

Corey Robin writes at Crooked Timber, and the Verso blog has the story.

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Brooklyn College, Butler, Arendt and Academic Freedom

Posted on February 5, 2013 by stuartelden

Judith Butler continues to be criticised for her support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions program, most recently for the debate due to be hosted at Brooklyn College on 7th February. Various people including Alan Dershowitz have said such an event … Continue reading →

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Advisor to Al Quds University

Posted on February 2, 2013 by stuartelden

I’ve been appointed as an International Scholar as part of the Academic Fellowship program of the Open Society Institute in Budapest. I’ll be working with the Social Science Division at Al-Quds Bard Honors College, Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem. This entails a week-long … Continue reading →

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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Geography at NUS

Posted on January 19, 2013 by stuartelden

I don’t usually post jobs outside Durham, but this is a good scheme in a department that hosted me as a visitor a few years ago. Please note informal enquiries should go to Professor James D Sidaway (Chair of Search Committee: geojds@nus.edu.sg) … Continue reading →

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Bradley Garrett’s five new rules for the neoliberal academy

Posted on January 13, 2013 by stuartelden

A suggestion of how to fight back against neoliberalism, by adopting its values. Much of how higher education works would collapse if we seriously adopted these – examining theses, reviewing for journals, speaking at conferences, department seminars, etc. But that … Continue reading →

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Two funded studentships at Durham in political geography

Posted on January 8, 2013 by stuartelden

As part of Phil Steinberg’s  move to Durham University, the Department of Geography there will be making available two fully funded studentships for incoming PhD students who will be working with him and other members of the Department’s Politics-State-Space Research … Continue reading →

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Martin Coward on Open Access issues

Posted on December 17, 2012 by stuartelden

Martin Coward reflects on some of the issues around Open Access – lots of useful links in there, and some interesting discussion in the comments. Here’s the first paragraph: There has been a recent flurry of activity around Open Access … Continue reading →

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Nigel Thrift on the future of Big Ed(ucation)

Posted on December 7, 2012 by stuartelden

In the Chronicle of Higher Education. Here’s a couple of key paragraphs: It is possible to see a new political economy of higher education coming into existence born out of the huge increase in students around the world, as well … Continue reading →

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Alphonso Lingis interview at Figure/Ground Communication

Posted on November 23, 2012 by stuartelden

Fascinating interview here. I don’t believe this paragraph though: For me, being a university professor is not even work. All you do is go to the campus maybe 6 or 8 hours a week and talk about books that you … Continue reading →

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