It has been quiet on the blog front. During a busy time at work and in life, not posting has been an act of self-preservation and radical self care: Here are two extracts from Mindfulness in the Academy that explain what I mean (with thanks to the editors for sharing their work with me). From … Continue reading Radical self care
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Less-than-perfect capabilities
I have a love/ hate relationship with university graduate capabilities statements. You know, those ubiquitous institutional claims about the attributes of their graduates, and the skills, knowledge, values and dispositions their degrees impart. For example: Our students will enter a globalising world of major environmental change and resource constraints, of scientific and technological advance and … Continue reading Less-than-perfect capabilities
Notes on privilege
I had much of this post sketched out when I saw that the roguelinguist Alison Edwards has published a thoughtful thesiswhisperer post (and excellent round-up of links) on the privilege of slow academia: Slow academia represents privilege, they say: it’s for those who can afford it, who have already reached the scholarly summit, and it comes … Continue reading Notes on privilege
