Topic: Humour
Humour Matters: It’s time to make meaningless words great again
When it comes to humour about public funding, there really is no way to compete with reality. The last time the basic […]
READ MOREHumour Matters: The long, slow bus ride to the future
All this talk of innovation, transformation, and inspiration has got me thinking of bus rides. Universities today swim in a sea of […]
READ MOREMassively Open Online Embarassment
Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) may be the way of the future, but they show every sign of disrupting my intricate bargain […]
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“Hello, Professor Penfold? It’s the fiscal crisis calling.”
By the time this column is published, I will have no telephone in my office. It turns out that phones are really […]
READ MORESpeak, listen, think, repeat …
Hey all, Please allow me to introduce myself! I’m Steve Joordens and, like many of you, I’m afraid I have become addicted […]
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My Professorial ‘Eureka’ Moment
I remember the exact moment when I realized that I really am a professor. It wasn’t when I got hired, that’s for […]
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Humour Matters – The dangers of LPS (Long-term Professor Syndrome)
I knew I was in trouble when I considered becoming a public intellectual. Maybe it was all those university seminars on media […]
READ MOREHumour Matters – Sabbatical Time
In an odd and unpredictable way, the Olympics saved my first sabbatical. I mean, I had great plans for my first sabbatical. No lectures to churn out, no essays to mark, no exams to set, no emails to return – just time to think, read, and write. But it wasn’t going to be all work. No sir. I figured it would be long lunches, real coffee breaks (you know, where you actually take a break!), walks in the afternoon, and even the occasional nap. Sabbatical would be like an adult version of daycare and, if anything went wrong, I could just go to the quiet area for a time out.
READ MORETenure and the Frights of Passage
I always thought I was good at dealing with gatekeepers. After all, my parents lived in a border town for 15 years, […]
READ MOREAcademia and the good life: Just so last millennium
I always thought academia would mean more liquid lunches. As a child, the great god television taught me that professors spend their […]
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