We are very pleased at the publication of a special issue on Critical perspectives on teaching in the multilingual university for the journal Teaching in Higher Education. You can read our Editorial here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13562517.2022.2058295?src= In the call for papers, just over a year ago, we targeted a global audience of […]
Prince Henry—These lies are like the father that begets them: gross as a mountain; open, palpable. Why, thou clay-brained guts, thou knotty-pated fool, thou whoreson, obscene, greasy tallow-keech— Falstaff—What! art thou mad? art thou mad? Is not the truth the truth? (William Shakespeare, King Henry IV) Falstaff’s lie that […]
I recently became interested in Ottoman literacies (see previous post), and came across another aspect of that history which piqued my interest: the Ottoman board game Şatranc-i Urefa. I finally managed to track down the game to play at home. Şatranc-i Urefa is a game that was played […]
This is an online recording of the plenary panel that I was a part of the the Annual Conference of the Society for Research into Higher Education. The keynote panel was on ‘Preparing critical students for the post-truth era – key research questions’ and featured Neil Harrison (University […]
I am pleased to be organising a one-day seminar hosted by Queen’s University Belfast, and supported by the Society for Research into Higher Education. Venue: Great Hall, Lanyon Building, Queen’s University Belfast, University Road, Belfast, BT7 1NN This one-day event is a space for dialogue on social justice, […]
Had a lovely visit to Dublin City University today, and a lovely welcome from Mark Brown and his team at the National Institute for Digital Learning. Much appreciated after a whole week recovering from a harsh viral infection. I’m looking forward to further collaborations with the Institute and […]
It is that time of the year when I post a brief summary of some of the non-work-related things I have been reading throughout the past year. Last year’s post is here. I find that when I log and make notes around what I read, I can look […]
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