Faddish behaviour…

Management Fads in Higher Education: Where They Come From, What They Do, Why They Fail by Robert Birnbaum This is just an outstanding book. Although the focus is on the USA, the messages are eminently translatable to the UK context. Birnbaum carefully analyses and deconstructs the big management fads to have hit US universities including: …

“From hack to boffin”

Hack to boffin in six months? University seeks journalist Let us ignore the shorthand of "hack" and "boffin" here - it is a really good story... A university is hoping to turn a journalist from a hack into boffin in six months, opening its doors to give them an in-depth look at the world of …