• Higher Education in ‘The Present...

  

  26th January 2026

  As my colleagues and I prepare for the next step in our research project ‘What’s the “Use” in Higher Education’, focussing on how the contemporary and diverse landscapes of universities...
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• Book Review: The War on Science

  

  13th November 2025

  The War on Science edited by Lawrence M. Krauss Book cover for Krauss (2025). Taken from the Forum catalogue. Forum, 2025. ISBN: 9781800756182, Hbk. ISBN: 9781800756199, eBook. RRP: £16.39 /...
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• Book Review: It’s Tough at the Top

  

  23rd October 2025

  It's Tough at the Top by Anon. Book cover for Anon. (2025). Taken from the Erratum catalogue. Erratum, 2025. ISBN: 978-1-916541-22-1, Pbk. As our first anonymously authored book launches a new...
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• The Beautiful Twist in Education

  

  4th April 2025

  In times such as these, it is difficult to ignore the prevailing practice of attempting to measure the success of (formal) educational endeavours using all manner of qualitative and quantitative...
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• Who Stole Quality?

  

  25th February 2025

  Throughout the twenty five years I worked in UK higher education I was persistently exercised by the concept of quality. Something never seemed quite right. I believed in it; I knew that, but I...
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• Care. What is it good for?

  

  7th October 2024

  I’m going to ask you a question. I want you to answer the question quickly and without thinking about it. Please be honest, it’s only for yourself. Here goes: Can you teach someone without...
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• Addressing Higher Education student...

  

  2nd September 2024

  If I was asked to name a pressing issue in Higher Education (HE) student education it would be engagement – lowering or lack thereof.  Speaking to colleagues both internally and externally it...
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• ‘Nobody ever goes in… Nobody ever...

  

  4th April 2024

  New College, University of Oxford (Copyright Paula Ambrossi) Paula Ambrossi reflects on the annual PESGB Conference, New College, University of Oxford (22 - 24 March, 2024).  It was a pleasant...
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• Thinking or thinking well? An antidote...

  

  3rd October 2022

  This post is available to download as a PDF here, and is available as an audiofile below:   ***   Most of us inhabit the world of routines, daily activities filling pockets of time...
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• Philosophy as Dialogue & as Gift:...

  

  5th March 2022

  This post is available to download as a PDF here.   This post was written collaboratively by Oli Belas, John White, & the students who took the “Introduction to Educational Philosophy”...
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• Orwell: On Writing Clearly

  

  10th February 2022

  This post is available to download as a PDF here, and is available as an audiofile below:   **** George Orwell (1946) once famously wrote that good prose should be like a window-pane,...
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