Seppo Poutanen and Anne Kovalainen Universities have transformed themselves into efficient trading houses dealing in knowledge produced by academics and creating [...]
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How MOOCs became platforms
Richard Terry Over the last few years, public scrutiny and concern over the social impact of digital platforms has increased, even [...]
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Can Universities do better? A people based approach to digital performance management
Pinar Guven-Uslu and Lisa Jack Managers in UK universities increasingly use digitally generated performance management and measurement systems to monitor and [...]
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When Open Educational Resources and platform capitalism meet
Nikola Wachter Technological advances have an ever increasing impact on every aspect of the education system, from the provisioning of education [...]
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Work, management and life in the platform university: the comeback of the business model
Marc Jacquinet In their first year of teaching at the University, July 12 was the last day of the second semester [...]
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Childcare strikes on the rise: Love doesn’t pay the bills
Maud Perrier The failure to recognise the value of care is at the root of a care crisis that results in [...]
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Mosques: Understanding Islam through the Practices of Ordinary Muslims in the West
Wajihah Hamid I was in the airport waiting to fly back to Sydney from Melbourne when a friend texted me to [...]
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Rapid Response: More haste, less speed – Why Extinction Rebellion needs to slow down
Doerthe Rosenow ‘The science is clear: It is understood that we are facing an unprecedented global emergency. We are in a [...]
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FOCUS: Southall – Political Solidarity and the Creation of Community
Gurminder K Bhambra 23 April 2019 marks the fortieth anniversary of the protests in Southall against the racist and fascist violence [...]
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VIEWPOINT: Apna – One of our own
Sita Balani Before there is solidarity – a strategic political choice, an action that creates or expresses affinity – there [...]
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