Category Archives: Universities

Open Letter from Faculty, Emeriti and Librarians of the University of Toronto

Posted on March 17, 2015 by stuartelden

Open Letter from Faculty, Emeriti and Librarians of the University of Toronto on the ongoing strike action – more here and on Twitter.

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Update on University of Surrey’s Politics department under threat

Posted on March 17, 2015 by stuartelden

University of Surrey’s Politics department update: There is a story in Times Higher Education but also some reports that the University is reconsidering. Facebook page ‘Save Surrey’s Politics Department‘ Twitter hashtag #savesurreypolitics petition to sign and share

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University of Surrey’s Politics department under threat

Posted on March 16, 2015 by stuartelden

University of Surrey’s Politics department is under serious threat. Apparently “the current staff of 14 lecturers/professors will be reduced to 5. The current staff have received their redundancy notices and will have to re-apply to one of the 5 positions. … Continue reading →

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Rank Hypocrisies: the Insult of the REF by Derek Sayer – reviewed by Ron Johnston

Posted on March 9, 2015 by stuartelden

Rank Hypocrisies: the Insult of the REF by Derek Sayer – reviewed by Ron Johnston at Impact of Social Sciences.

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Freiburg will not replace Günter Figal in the ‘Heidegger’ Chair

Posted on March 5, 2015 by stuartelden

Story from the Daily Nous – ‘Heidegger’ chair not to be filled when Figal retires, but another analytic post, at a lower level, instead. Three updates at Daily Nous with more information. The University of Freiburg, the academic home of Günter Figal—who recently stepped … Continue reading →

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes – ‘Reliable referees: a rare commodity’ at New APPS

Posted on February 5, 2015 by stuartelden

At New APPS Catarina Dutilh Novaes reflects on a problem – ‘Reliable referees: a rare commodity‘. With this post, I want to bring up for discussion what I think is one of the main issues with the peer-reviewing system… namely the … Continue reading →

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Counter-terrorism and security bill is a threat to freedom of speech at universities – letter in The Guardian

Posted on February 4, 2015 by stuartelden

“Counter-terrorism and security bill is a threat to freedom of speech at universities”, letter in The Guardian from UK academics, in opposition to government plans. I’m one of over five hundred signatories (full list here). More on this in The Guardian and The Independent. … Continue reading →

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2014 in review – talks, publications and writing

Posted on December 31, 2014 by stuartelden

I gave 22 talks of various kinds outside of regular teaching in 2014. These talks were in Australia, the United States, Switzerland, Holland and the UK. Some of these were on the Foucault project, some were related to The Birth of … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Conferences, Foucault's Last Decade, Kostas Axelos, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Publishing, Shakespearean Territories, Territory, Universities, urban/urbanisation | 3 Comments

Statements by UCU, VC, Staff, Amnesty International and petitions about Warwick events on December 3 2014

Posted on December 5, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve updated this with some more links Alumni petition Student Union statement Amnesty International press release Warwick for Free Education site Statement by Vice-Chancellor, Nigel Thrift Letter to Registrar from Warwick staff (another version appears here, with more signatories) Statement by … Continue reading →

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Statements by UCU, VC and concerned Warwick staff about yesterday’s events

Posted on December 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Update: there is an Alumni petition here Update 2: Student Union statement and Amnesty International press release Update 3: Warwick for Free Education site Original links: Statement by Vice-Chancellor, Nigel Thrift Letter to Registrar from Warwick staff (Update: another version appears here, … Continue reading →

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