Category Archives: Universities

The Arts and Humanities Research Council links to the Conservative party ‘big society’ idea continue. Thom Brooks provides some updates on his blog; Stefan Collini discusses in The Guardian here. Brooks organised a petition which you can sign here; but this … Continue reading →

“Ministers admit plans for tuition fees are in disarray”

Over at his Scholar as Citizen blog, Bill Cronon posts the University of Wisconsin-Madison responses to the Republican request for access to his emails here. I know that some of the initial reactions suggested that unless he had something to hide, there … Continue reading →

The links from Kris Olds for news reports on Bill Cronon have now been fixed. Please let me know if any still don’t work. Sorry about the previous ones which tried to take you through my Durham University email. No … Continue reading →

You can sign it here (set up by Thom Brooks). Two interesting commentaries on this issue here and here (via Clive at Pop Theory).

From Kris Olds, originally posted to crit-geog-forum but reposted here with updated links with his permission. (And the links have now been fixed) Dear colleagues, If you wish to register your symbolic support for Bill Cronon, here is a Facebook page … Continue reading →

Both Thom Brooks and Clive Barnett comment on the story that the Arts and Humanities Research Council has been pressured into devoting funds to research Cameron and Willetts’s idea of the ‘Big Society’. While it might be good to have some … Continue reading →

This story has been linked to by several others, but since Bill Cronon is on the editorial board of the Journal of Historical Geography, it now gives me a more direct reason to link to his blog. Well worth a look. … Continue reading →

It is now 24th March, and I’m supposed to be on strike. But I’m not. This is completely new for me – to be part of a union that has called a strike, and not to follow. Why?  I’m on … Continue reading →