Amanda Goodall

Articles by Amanda Goodall

Do teaching fellowships actually improve teaching?

If you want to get promoted in UK academia you will probably need to apply for an Advance HE fellowship. But there is widespread scepticism that this extended ‘box-ticking exercise’ improves pedagogy, says Amanda Goodall, while Martin Rich considers how the programme might be made fit for purpose

By Amanda Goodall

22 June

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern announcing her resignation at the War Memorial Centre on January 19, 2023 in Napier

How should a university leader know when to quit?

In the wake of Jacinda Ardern’s and Nicola Sturgeon’s decisions to step down as leaders of their respective nations, university leaders and experts reflect on when is the right time to give up the biggest office on campus

By Warren Bebbington

30 March

Business as usual won’t help business schools solve the climate crisis

Management academics need to be supported to bring teaching and research on global warming into the mainstream, say Amanda Goodall and Susan Hill

By Amanda Goodall

12 November

That’s driving me up the wall! Academics’ pet peeves

The scholarly calling may be all about intellectual pursuits, but university life is not without its petty irritations. A dozen academics describe the daily distractions that annoy them most

By Kate Cantrell

24 January

Higher Calling: The Rise of Nontraditional Leaders in Academia, by Scott C. Beardsley

A defence of non-academic university leaders fails to make the grade, says Amanda H. Goodall

By Amanda Goodall

2 November

The best academics make the best heads of department

Agnes Bäker and Amanda Goodall have found that academics who are happiest at work have a head of department who is a distinguished researcher. How can such people be encouraged into management?

By Agnes Bäker

4 May

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Amanda Goodall

Articles by Amanda Goodall

Do teaching fellowships actually improve teaching?

How should a university leader know when to quit?

Business as usual won’t help business schools solve the climate crisis

That’s driving me up the wall! Academics’ pet peeves

Higher Calling: The Rise of Nontraditional Leaders in Academia, by Scott C. Beardsley

The best academics make the best heads of department