Binary concepts do not hobble academic thought Critics underestimated the human imagination’s capacity to render concepts flexible, says Frank Furedi By Frank Furedi 1 August
Universities’ risk aversion is hampering intellectual progress Treating staff and students like children discourages the kind of experimentation that will yield solutions to the challenges we face, says Frank Furedi By Frank Furedi 28 June
Universities need to stop treating their students like children Students are too often micromanaged and policed while on campus, and it needs to stop, writes Frank Furedi By Frank Furedi 14 October
Brexit pity parties show how out of touch academia is Frank Furedi says the mournful mood on campus and the disparagement and silencing of Leave supporters betray an isolated scholarly class By Frank Furedi 14 July
Don’t dismiss digital media – they have as much value as paper Big data, Google Books and the Ngram database are wonderful aids to today’s intellectual problems, argues Frank Furedi By Frank Furedi 17 December
We must instil a love of reading in students Academics have to affirm reading’s value and help undergraduates develop this high-level skill by setting them whole books, argues Frank Furedi By Frank Furedi 15 October
