Category: Notes & Updates
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Open access and other stories
About this post: This is a summary of posts, news stories and other content about Open Access publishing, as well as other aspects of Higher Education), which appeared online in the first week of December 2014. There were several interesting stories this week on Open Access publishing. Open Access (OA) is a publication model that…
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From mental health to killer fish
This is a list of news items, stories and other noteworthy content about TESOL and Higher Education, that appeared online on the last week of November 2014.
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Dr S. Bestiale, Jon Snow’s fate, and a poem
It’s one of those weeks when I find it really difficult to do any serious work, offline or on this blog. So, this week’s collection of reading materials will endeavour to provide answers to questions such as: (a) who is Dr Stronzo Bestiale?, (b) is John Snow dead? and (c) what is the boundary between Science and…
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Tuition fees, academic publishing, and song lyrics
This week’s collection of noteworthy looks into university tuition fees, reports on the new Facebook research guidelines, discusses academic authorship and predatory publishers, and examines the role of song lyrics in research output. Tuition Fees in Germany and the UK Last week, Lower Saxony abolished tuition fees for university students, thus aligning with all the…
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Recently Read: Language wars, critical friends, and websites quoting me
This week’s collection of noteworthy items looks into what happens to the language of post-colonial polities; reports on the inevitable clash of cultures when authoritarian regimes and the last bastions of free speech share office space; reminds readers of the value of critical friends; and looks into the advantages of blogging. English in Ghana The first story…
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Academic fraud, assault rifles and conference coffee breaks
This week’s (15-21 September 2014) collection of noteworthy articles looks into academic publishing and problems associated with research malpractice. There is also a report about how campus security teams prepare to deal with extremely rowdy students, and advice on how to behave in an academic conference.
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Recently Read: Scottish Independence and Higher Education
A collection of articles and views on the impact of Scottish Independence on Higher Education.
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Saving the Fulbright programme and other stories
This is a summary of selected posts, online articles and other content about Higher Education, language teaching and learning and academic writing, which appeared in the week starting on the 16th June 2014. It’s been a while since I wrote one of these posts, as I am still overwhelmed by a number of pressing commitments,…
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Predatory publishing, languages, quitting and persevering
This is an archived collection of news items about linguistics, lanaguage teaching and higher education that appeared in April 2014.