If abusive lawyers can be banned from practising, why not academics? Universities are not doing enough to police misconduct. We need an independent register from which bullies can be struck off, says Nicholas Rowe By Nicholas Rowe 14 March
Conferences mean high times but low returns Academic gatherings may be fun, but they do little to advance knowledge. To justify the public spending that supports them, such events must do more to provide benefits to those who don’t attend, argues Nicholas Rowe By Nicholas Rowe 12 April
Work-life balance? Bah, humbug! Nicholas Rowe reimagines Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol in a modern university, with Professor Scrooge in charge of a target-driven department By Nicholas Rowe 24 December
A Cinderella story for early career academics Once upon a time there was an adjunct lecturer…By Nicholas Rowe By Nicholas Rowe 11 June