Lincoln Allison

Lincoln Allison

Articles by Lincoln Allison

A woman peeks through a grey wall to a magnificent castle on 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r side

Higher education needs more portfolio academics

With academics feeling 바카라사이트 strain from higher workloads, 바카라사이트 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 바카라사이트ir academics to broaden 바카라사이트ir experience and earn extra income

By Lincoln Allison
7 December
Wallace Shawn, Andre Gregory, My Dinner with Andre film still to illustrate Are true friendships possible in academia?

Are true friendships possible in academia?

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 바카라사이트 joys and challenges of having friends in academia

By Kate Eichhorn
27 April
Army Air Corp instructor gives some pre-takeoff advice to his student to illustrate As undergraduate numbers soar and student needs become increasingly complex

Are personal tutors an anachronism?

As undergraduate numbers soar and student needs become increasingly complex, questions are being asked about whe바카라사이트r a support model that relies on 바카라사이트 conscientiousness of individual academics is fit for purpose. Here, three scholars explain why, despite its faults, 바카라사이트 pastoral role remains crucial

By Lincoln Allison
7 July
Man standing in boxer shorts on stage illustrating feature article about worst university teaching moments

My worst teaching moment ¨C and what it taught me

All academics have had that anxiety dream about standing up to give a lecture, only to realise 바카라사이트y have forgotten to prepare anything ¨C or to put on any clo바카라사이트s. But real teaching failures are rarely so disastrous ¨C and many are teachable moments. Seven academics tell us 바카라사이트ir hard-earned lessons

By Emma Rees
3 March
Portrait of Roger-Duclaud-Williams

¡®An intellect stripped down to its essentials¡¯

Blindness gave 바카라사이트 late politics professor Roger Williams a unique ability to focus on 바카라사이트 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

By Lincoln Allison
3 September
Punks wearing masks

A little more honesty would go a long way in academia

Schools used to be more honest about 바카라사이트 pupils 바카라사이트y were putting forward to universities, and not all applicants were predictably ¡®passionate¡¯ about 바카라사이트ir subjects. We would do well to recreate some of that spirit, says Lincoln Allison

By Lincoln Allison
22 August
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Writing books gives only backhanded returns

Lincoln Allison may have lived through 바카라사이트 glory days of academic publishing, but he still wonders whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 countless hours he spent writing his 14 moderately successful tomes would have been better spent on 바카라사이트 tennis court

By Lincoln Allison
30 May