Doctoral Researcher, University of York
Jenn submitted her PhD at the University of York which examined academic perceptions of the impact agenda in the UK and Australia.
Jenn's background is in philosophy and she has a particular interest in virtue ethics, academic freedom, the instrumentalism of knowledge and epistemic responsibility.
Academics fear the value of knowledge for it's own sake is diminishing
Jun 19, 2017 15:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
A climate of anti-intellectualism, faltering levels of trust in experts and an era of post-truth provides a rather dreary depiction of the state of academia today. Compound this with the reorganisation of higher...
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