Irina Dumitrescu

Rooster on a fence at sunrise with buildings in the background

How to start the academic day productively

With working hours full of interruptions, early mornings offer the best chance to pursue labours of love. But how to get going – especially if you are not a morning person? Three scholars debate the virtues of online versus in-person meetings, companionship versus solitude, and coffee versus pipe tobacco

Hannah Wunsch

12月 5日

My favourite fictional academic

From satirical novels to US sitcoms and cop shows, academics have proved to be rich source material across many genres. Four writers argue the case for who can claim to be fiction’s greatest scholar

Catriona Mills

1月 4日

Napier University with a smile added to look like a happy face to illustrate Find your happy place

How to be happy in academia

Academia is often depicted as a calling, but for those who heed it, the joy of doing something they love is often crushed by heavy teaching and admin loads and an unceasing pressure to make a ‘success’ of their research. Here, six scholars reflect on how they make music out of the daily grind

Amii Harwood

9月 28日

A pig enjoying a mud bath to illustrate What is the happiest academic career stage?

哪一段是你学术生涯中最快乐的时光？

随着不稳定性对越来越多的学者产生愈加持久的影响，许多人开始把一份终身教职视为通往职业幸福的门户。但事实总是如此吗？还是说责任和资历的负担超过了安定和薪水的乐趣？7位学者发表了自己的看法

Lyn Yates

7月 21日

Man standing in boxer shorts on stage illustrating feature article about worst university teaching moments

我最糟糕的教学时刻，以及我从中学到了什么

所有学者都曾做过这样一个焦虑的梦：你站起来上课，却发现自己忘了准备任何东西，或者没穿任何衣服。但真正的教学失败很少会造成如此严重的后果，而且失败的经历往往是具有教育意义的。7位学者告诉我们他们来之不易的经验

Emma Rees

3月 3日

Man finger on mouth with woman smashing it with an axe illustration concept

解决不良行为符合大学的利益

伊琳娜·杜米特雷斯库（Irina Dumitrescu）表示，除了不公正之外，未能对不良行为投诉采取行动的大学会损伤所有院系师生的信任

Irina Dumitrescu

11月 11日

The king is looking suspicious and Anne Boleyn very worried in a scene from the film 'Anne Boleyn' for a metaphor for are you a toxic enabler?

你是有害学者的助力者吗？

伊利娜·德米特雷斯库（Irina Dumitrescu）称，恶霸和蛇只会通过周围人的支持造成破坏，无论那些支持是有意还是无意的

Irina Dumitrescu

9月 16日

Person removes social distancing sticker as a metaphor for returning to university as will be able to reopen

Are you ready for the return to in-person teaching?

A new term is beginning in the northern hemisphere, and many campuses are reopening. But are academics relishing a return to relative normality or fearful of unvaccinated students? And what has the Covid experience taught them about their approach to teaching? Six scholars offer their perspectives

Emma Rees

9月 16日

Moving mountains: the reforms that would push academia to new heights

Until the pandemic forced teaching to go online almost overnight, universities were widely considered impervious to major change. But if one age-old practice can be flipped on its head, why not others? We ask six academics where they would direct their efforts first

Chris Chambers

2月 18日

Heroism should not be part of the academic job description

What does it say about our labour culture that a tenured professor stuck in an elevator did not even consider cancelling his class, asks Irina Dumitrescu

Irina Dumitrescu

10月 29日