Faculty Follies

An insider’s take on faulty faculties and Humbug! from the academy.

• Academic English translated
• An example of burden of proof
• ARGC believes in funding beliefs
• Spotting the spivademic
• A taxonomy of academics on the make
• Grade Appeal non-sequiturs
• A metaphor for organisational skills
• When a deputy is not a deputy
• Occam's Manure Fork
• Plain Speaking from Professor Elizabeth Grosz
• The ultimate mentor
• Socrates was not sophisticated enough to be a social scientist
• It seems trivial, but only because it is
• Correlation is Not Always Causation
• Masterclass or Humbug?
• Those who can't, engage in cant
• Learn to be a Postmodern Social Scientist
• Social researchers, beware of roosting chickens
• True equity at last
• Cash for Humbug
• Introducing the Epistemological Fallacy and Faculty Follies
• Gibberish from Academe (where else?)
• JAFA: a useful acronym
• Multiliteracies: a crutch or a crock?
• Humpty Dumpty markers