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Articles by Lincoln Allison
With the prestige of first-class honours degrees diminished, intellectually testing national examinations are needed to identify academic high-flyers, argues Lincoln Allison
With academics feeling the strain from higher workloads, the days when scholars had time to write novels or run businesses seem increasingly distant. Lincoln Allison suggests that universities have far more to gain than to lose by allowing their academics to broaden their experience and earn extra income
As several UK universities outlaw sex between academics and students, two writers offer differing views on the Office for Students¡¯ proposed ban
Alliances with university colleagues can be inspiring and life-affirming but may also be grounded in little more than ambition or survival instinct. Six writers reflect on the joys and challenges of having friends in academia
As undergraduate numbers soar and student needs become increasingly complex, questions are being asked about whether a support model that relies on the conscientiousness of individual academics is fit for purpose. Here, three scholars explain why, despite its faults, the pastoral role remains crucial
All academics have had that anxiety dream about standing up to give a lecture, only to realise they have forgotten to prepare anything ¨C or to put on any clothes. But real teaching failures are rarely so disastrous ¨C and many are teachable moments. Seven academics tell us their hard-earned lessons
Lincoln Allison enjoys an overview of the great political thinkers very different from the kind he grew up with
Lincoln Allison is not wholly convinced by an analysis of the forces that shape history
Lincoln Allison enjoys a broad, sometimes speculative account of the mania for written constitutions that took hold in the 1750s
Blindness gave the late politics professor Roger Williams a unique ability to focus on the structure and coherence of what was being said to him. And though his interrogations could be exacting, Lincoln Allison wishes more sighted academics shared his talent
Lincoln Allison looks back to an age of tougher marking and considers what, if anything, we need to do about the historically inevitable slide towards grade inflation
Book of the week: Lincoln Allison is surprised by the amount of common ground he, as a traditionalist academic, now shares with the ¡®innovatory managers¡¯ he once quarrelled with
Lincoln Allison enjoys a mixed bag of contributions about the wider contexts of sport
Lincoln Allison makes the case for the revival of the old-style academic eccentric
Schools used to be more honest about the pupils they were putting forward to universities, and not all applicants were predictably ¡®passionate¡¯ about their subjects. We would do well to recreate some of that spirit, says Lincoln Allison
Lincoln Allison may have lived through the glory days of academic publishing, but he still wonders whether the countless hours he spent writing his 14 moderately successful tomes would have been better spent on the tennis court
Lincoln Allison is unimpressed by an attempt to promote plebeianism as a political philosophy
Book of the week: Lincoln Allison mulls the consequences of a cultural shift from traditional morality to reason
Far from being hotbeds of intellectual debate, universities enforce ideological conformity, follow rigid procedures and offer little that enthusiasts could not teach themselves. It is time for radical reform, says Lincoln Allison
Melanesian cannibals and ¡®uncivilised¡¯ natives were feared and fascinating, says Lincoln Allison
Lincoln Allison was inspired to teach by academics who loved what they did and communicated this to students. But has all passion for teaching been eliminated by creeping assessment and instrumentalism?
Economist Bryan Caplan considers tangible benefits, inconvenient truths and wonders whether Latin and poetry are worth the effort when ¡®Kardashian¡¯ trumps ¡®Shakespeare¡¯ in Google search results
Is there anything new in technological advantage adding to sporting prowess, asks Lincoln Allison
Having caused a scandal over research assessment back in the 1990s, Lincoln Allison is well placed to give an overview of its impact, and still finds it wanting
