Ethics of the interface and the right to risk – Self trust, self computing and disability
*Most stories are spirals*. Life cycles. It and history do not repeat but they do revisit the same dilemmas. It…
Chalkface to touchscreen: Convivial learning with Socrates
Chalkface to touchscreen: Convivial learning with Socrates The past is strange, and we are all someone’s past. Mostly states and…
Tasks to set students studying illicit markets and organised crime
I am sharing some plans for how I introduce topics to students. I would like other teachers to use them…
The contradiction at the heart of higher education: prepare for disappointment
We want to be useful to society. But any attempt to show that or to have it guide us either…
Writing a grant? Tell us the stuff
Many grants have I reviewed, grasshopper. This blog post is meant to give some advice on how to frame a…
Critical thinking, what even is that? Advice from Thanos
That thing we tell you to do, and never show you how to do it? Critical thinking is all about…
Essay questions on criminal markets and organisations: how do students read them?
Sharing some short and long essay questions from my course on illicit markets and criminal organisations particularly for other teachers…
Dear research student, ask questions of your supervisor to be
A PhD applicant did me the service of sending a list of questions in advance to see if we would…
Using paragraph titles to structure your writing
The aim of this post is to provide a work in progress demo of how using titles for your paragraphs…
Writing an academic research review such as a book review or an assessment of a report
A research review is a summary, evaluation and critique of a book or other work, like a report or a…
