Prof Serious at 250!
my ill-considered opinions and some other stuff …
As you may already appreciate, I tend to write articles across the range of things that interest me. That range is probably wider than is wise. Quite a lot about universities and academia, technology, management, and some personal stuff. Recently, I have been writing a bit about policy and national security. I suspect that there are very few people interested in all of this. It may be that I am almost the only one. Anyway, this week I mark the publication of 250 @profserious articles.
They have been written in bursts, so later subscribers may not have seen earlier pieces, most of which appeared originally on the Blogger platform (going back to 2011) but are now available here on Substack.
To ‘celebrate’, I have selected 25 articles that may (still) be of interest. They are very loosely organised by theme.
Academic Life:
Am I Professor Material?
What academic life demands of you …
10 Essential Yiddish Words for Academics
Nu …
Things Professors Say
Do not listen …
Things Partners of Academics Say
Academic life experienced by those living alongside it …
So You Are Thinking of Doing a PhD? Take This Simple Test
Before you commit …
10 Pieces of Bad Advice for Young Researchers
Sounds sensible …
10 Top Tips on How to Succeed in Interdisciplinary Research
The power of mutual incomprehension …
The Twelve Secrets of Research Grant Funding
Easy when you know how …
10 Things
I should do tomorrow …
Universities:
How Did This Happen?
Building a homogenised university sector …
My University League Table
How does your university perform … ?
A New Doctorate
On the last piece of unreformed higher education …
Management:
On Management Style
@profserious attempts some self-justification …
Tidying Up
On decluttering …
Life:
Life–Life Balance
I wrote this on Sunday morning …
The Story of S
Autumn as it drew into winter …
Tech
How to Succeed in Information Systems
A step-by-step guide …
Strapped to the Wheel
First as tragedy, then as farce …
Valve
Technology has a smell …
Culture
Vive la poésie françaises lesbiennes
To engineer is human …
Coffee and Cake
At the Scottish Café …
Personal
On Mortality and Sandwiches
A black-sailed ship is seeking me …
A Phone Call
Trapped in the moment …
As If I Came Out of Egypt
A diary …
The Egyptian Collection
Objects speak to me …
Thank you for reading and for indulging the more than occasional ill-considered opinion.