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Articles by Anonymous
As several UK universities outlaw sex between academics and students, two writers offer differing views on the Office for Students¡¯ proposed ban
America¡¯s two-year public colleges are often romanticised as engines of social mobility and the epitome of the educative mission. But one academic has found the reality to be very different, with callous management failing students and staff in equal measure
After years of resisting university managers determined to graduate students at all costs, one US professor decided it was time to quit
Linguistic framing of coronavirus on campus by management has dodged a proper assessment of risks to students and staff, writes a UK academic
Chinese universities now operate on a confusing ¡®mixture of Chinese and Western institutional logics¡¯. An anonymous scholar describes the practical and emotional challenges of dealing with constant uncertainty
Bavaria¡¯s rules to keep university tutors on precarious contracts unfairly penalise those who want to work, says a lecturer caught out by red tape
Sexism, unthinking managerialism and toxic ¡®them and us¡¯ attitudes are still pervasive within UK universities, according to an anonymous academic who found the dissonances between her values, career expectations and lived reality too much to bear
Like the rest of society, universities have largely failed to consider the specific needs of menopausal women. Here, one scholar describes how this can lead to marginalisation and bullying ¨C and why the issue is as important as the fight for maternity rights
A lecturer describes how her university failed to act when she was racially victimised by a student receiving mental health support
Three scholars reflect on finding new purpose outside the academy
Human beings can only work at full capacity for so long before they become incapable of doing any work at all, says an anonymous university employee
Life as an early career researcher is hard, but when you add being working class into the mix, the obstacles are almost insurmountable, writes an anonymous academic facing the death of her university career
Marketisation, precarity and global competition have combined to create a vast market for academic ghostwriting, says an anonymous scholar
This growing but still unacknowledged phenomenon in higher education is badly in need of ethical oversight, says an anonymous academic
An anonymous university leader muses about what could happen to higher education in the UK if tuition fees are slashed
Forcing academics on to teaching-only contracts based on flawed assessments of their research is ruining careers, an anonymous academic says
As university staff gear up to strike, one student explains exactly what the strikes are about and why students should stand in solidarity with their lecturers
The bullying and subsequent suicide of a talented Ivy League scientist exposes ugly truths about the cruelty and dysfunction at the heart of academic science
Students are being hoodwinked into enrolling on ¡®trendy¡¯ new degree programmes that are, according to one concerned academic, little more than a marketing exercise
After failing to be shortlisted for several jobs, a black British lecturer decided to apply to universities using a ¡®whitened name¡¯
