My Conversations

21/03/2014

Diversity – why it’s important and why it’s not easy

I am currently writing a paper on gender and the Court of Justice of the EU. In preparation for that paper and as part of my research I spent quite a bit of time reading material about why a more diverse judiciary might be a good thing. This got me thinking about diversity more generally… Continue reading

Equality/Diversity, Higher Education Generally

Academia, Academics, Diversity, higher education, Law degrees, Law school

09/02/2014

Why I will be on strike tomorrow

I’ve had a number of questions from students about the next UCU strike called for tomorrow and also quite a lot of complaints about the fact that teaching will be cancelled. I therefore think it is worth setting out here why I support the UCU action. I have to admit that when initially thinking about… Continue reading

Higher Education Generally

04/10/2013

Comfort Zones and why we need to be out of them

I had a riding lesson on a horse I had never ridden before yesterday and I struggled. It was physically much harder than riding the horse I ride often but I am more interested in this: It showed up flaws I know I have and mistakes I know I make that have somehow become masked.… Continue reading

Higher Education Generally

Academia, Academic Disciplines, Comfort zone, interdisciplinary, Learning