Category Archives: Universities

REF panels announced

Posted on February 23, 2011 by stuartelden

If you’re not in British Higher Education then this won’t be of concern or interest. The panel under which Geography is assessed is here. There are several very good people listed, and if we have to have this system, then … Continue reading →

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Jody McIntyre in the New Statesman

Posted on February 4, 2011 by stuartelden

Thanks to Nina Power for the link – an interesting piece by Jody McIntyre in the New Statesman. Jody was the man pulled from his wheelchair by police in the student fees protests in London late last year, who was … Continue reading →

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PhD studentships at Nottingham

Posted on January 26, 2011 by stuartelden

The School of Geography at the University of Nottingham holds two AHRC doctoral studentships to be awarded for doctoral research commencing in September 2011 (subject to confirmation by AHRC of this year’s Block Grant Partnership allocation). Reference LSS/265. Closing date: … Continue reading →

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PhD studentships at Queen Mary

Posted on January 26, 2011 by stuartelden

Some good funding opportunities for PhD students in geography at Queen Mary, University of London. Details here. I spent a term as a visitor at QM a couple of years ago, and it is a very strong department in an … Continue reading →

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Roundup – PhDs, Connolly, Banning Books, Congratulations

Posted on January 23, 2011 by stuartelden

Over at Ecology without Nature, Timothy Morton has begun a new series of advice posts, this time on ‘How to Plan a PhD’. Will be interesting to see this one develop. Adrian Ivakhiv reports his first thoughts on William Connolly’s … Continue reading →

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The spatial politics of occupation

Posted on January 20, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting piece here on the student occupations (via Alex at Experimental Geographies).

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About Lord Browne

Posted on January 5, 2011 by stuartelden

He chaired the team that wrote the report on the future of British Higher Education, which the coalition government are part implementing… This site claims to tell us who he is. http://aboutlordbrowne.com/

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Book Bloc

Posted on January 2, 2011 by stuartelden

The ‘book bloc’ has been one of the most interesting things in the recent student protests. There is a genealogy of the term here. This is a guide to making your own:- All these links are courtesy of Wu Ming … Continue reading →

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Post-Christmas Roundup

Posted on January 2, 2011 by stuartelden

Now that I’m back, there is lots to catch up on… New biography of Claude Lévi-Strauss – details here The Speculative Turn is now out. Details here – either order as a print volume or download a free pdf. Edited … Continue reading →

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Geographies of the Kettle

Posted on December 16, 2010 by stuartelden

Interesting piece here by Rory Rowan. A couple of excerpts:- if these protests have rinsed the smile from Cameron’s face and applied the defibrillator of dissensus to the heart of British democracy they also raise questions about the strategies of … Continue reading →

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