If, 10 years ago, I had declared to my line manager that I wanted to manage a summer-long creative arts project across England and Wales, she would have told me to get back to my monograph. Professors of 17th-century literature needed to know their place back then. But the impact agenda has changed all that. […] … learn more→
Author Archives: Kevin
The impact agenda has refreshed my academic career
The problem with the push for more college degrees
In a 2009 speech, President Barack Obama proclaimed that by 2020, the United States will “once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.” As we near 2020, it is worth asking how close are we to reaching that lofty goal and what have been the results of focusing so intently on college graduation […] … learn more→
How to survive in the era of academic overproduction
In The Communist Manifesto of 1848, Marx and Engels claimed that capitalism has got itself into an unlikely fix. It was in the midst of “an epidemic that, in all earlier epochs, would have seemed an absurdity – the epidemic of overproduction”. Nearly two centuries on, the affliction has spread all the way from the […] … learn more→
5 things to know before writing your first resume
Your first job. There is nothing like going out for that first job. It will not only be an experience that you will never forget, but it will be one that could define your entire life. This job could be a simple stepping stone to something greater or it could be the job the defines […] … learn more→
Keen IT students can improve their marks when given a chance to learn from their mistakes
From a very young age, we are conditioned to learn to succeed by avoiding failures or mistakes. Our traditional education system is built largely on examination that marks down students for their mistakes in any assessed work. Students don’t often get a chance to have those mistakes highlighted early on so they can correct them before […] … learn more→
Michigan State U: Don’t say “I apologize,” It’s a trigger
Our campuses are bloated with administrators, so many that not only is it a puzzle to those who work on campus what these people actually do, it’s a puzzle to the administrators themselves. They mostly work very hard to justify their jobs, and their efforts manifest in a variety of ways. One way is to […] … learn more→
Everything about dental implants and maintenance
Smile is one of the best things that any human has, and the teeth that are the centrepiece has a great deal of effect how good the smiles are. If your teeth are in a great state or condition, it’s safe to say that your smile could even brighten others’ lives around you. But, in […] … learn more→
Educational innovation: a game to reveal student creativity
Faced with the growing need for innovation in business and society in general, the socio-economic world rediscovers the virtues of creativity. The World Economic Forum, in its report on human capital ranks it among the skills that will be the most sought after in the future. Reading these first lines, many of us may doubt, saying: “Yes, but, […] … learn more→
10 days in
I use Twitter a lot. I have used it across my various professional faces for over ten years now. I get invited by other institutions to give masterclasses and invited workshops about creating and managing digital identities. I teach workshops about ‘researchers and social media’ every semester. I’ve written quite a few blogposts about social […] … learn more→
Keep your job options open and don’t ditch science when choosing next year’s school subjects
Thousands of Year 10 students are in the process of choosing subjects for their final years of school and half will probably choose to ditch science. For someone like me who thinks science is one of the most worthwhile things I’ve ever studied, that decision is bewildering. The downward trend in science enrolments has been watched […] … learn more→
