Category Archives: Universities

Warburg under threat

Posted on July 23, 2010 by stuartelden

I said yesterday what a wonderful resource the Warburg institute was. Now it appears to be under threat. News report here, via Medieval News.

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New director of Warburg Institute

Posted on July 22, 2010 by stuartelden

Peter Mack of University of Warwick has been appointed as the new director of the Warburg Institute in London. Details here. The Warburg Institute is part of the University of London School of Advanced Study, and has a wonderful library not … Continue reading →

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Promotions

Posted on July 19, 2010 by stuartelden

I’m asked increasingly often to act as a referee, for jobs, grants or awards, or in promotion cases. In theory this should be relatively straight-forward. When writing references for individuals who request them, you would only accept if you know the person … Continue reading →

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REF delay to be announced

Posted on July 8, 2010 by stuartelden

The Times Higher Education Supplement has the news that the UK Research Exercise Framework (the Research Assessment Exercise replacement) will be delayed for a year. This means publications between 2008 and 2013 will now ‘count’. This has some strange distorting effects … Continue reading →

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CRMEP moves to Kingston

Posted on July 2, 2010 by stuartelden

So that’s the end for the CRMEP at Middlesex, and the beginning of its life at Kingston. I hope it works out, though obviously the situation at Middlesex was never resolved and there are a lot of undergraduates and two … Continue reading →

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Roundup

Posted on June 29, 2010 by stuartelden

Paul Ennis has a post about his nearly completed book Continental Realism (nice title, and interesting t.o.c.) Graham Harman has a fascinating post about reading, note-taking, planning, writing and editing here. I don’t work much like this – for a start, I … Continue reading →

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Middlesex update

Posted on June 24, 2010 by stuartelden

According to the report here, the University said it was going to drop the suspensions against Hallward and Osborne in a letter to external examiners. The external examiners confirmed the marking grades, but the two staff are still suspended.

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Clare O’Farrell on Foucault and philosophy

Posted on June 16, 2010 by stuartelden

Interesting post from Clare on the state of philosophy as an academic discipline, both intellectually and institutionally – http://inputs.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/foucault-and-philosophy/

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Christian Kerslake statement – suspension lifted

Posted on June 15, 2010 by stuartelden

A very dignified statement from Christian Kerslake here – made after his disciplinary hearing and before he was told his suspension has ended. The comments section has an overly defensive comment from Eric Alliez, another Middlesex member of staff, but … Continue reading →

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Christian Kerslake comments

Posted on June 12, 2010 by stuartelden

Some facts appear to be necessary for some aspects of this discussion to continue. 1. Mark Kelly and I both found out about the move to Kingston on the same day as everybody else, and we were not consulted about … Continue reading →

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