Bruce John Macfarlane

Chair professor/Dean of Faculty/writer/researcher/teacher/Dad of Fiona, Ross and Diana

[Bruce John Macfarlane @profbmac]

This new paper shows how journal special issues can operate as a closed academic social network of cronies. Sad but true. https://t.co/qgRc8u4DwL

[Bruce John Macfarlane @profbmac]

The tension between nationalism and internationalism in Hong Kong https://t.co/7oB5McgThs

[Bruce John Macfarlane @profbmac]

Why academics in Hong Kong are obsessed with metrics https://t.co/7CUTGHEU85

[Bruce John Macfarlane @profbmac]

Co-authorship fraud: An academic scandal in plain sight https://t.co/uFB290WYRW

[Bruce John Macfarlane @profbmac]

How co-authorship is treated as a traded commodity https://t.co/8nEGBgAyvW

[Bruce John Macfarlane @profbmac]

Why understanding of being an 'international academic' needs to be disconnected from nationality and de-colonised
Read in open access at
https://t.co/7WqaUIFRtw

[Bruce John Macfarlane @profbmac]

Those who research teaching in higher education tend to adopt one of 3 types of critique based on functional pragmatism, learning theory or critical theory. The balance between these types of critique has changed radically since the 1990s. My new paper: https://t.co/zjF3mp3UYG

[Faculty of Education and Human Development, EdUHK @FEHD_EdUHK]

Exciting news🎉🎉EdUHK achieves 12th place in 2025 QS World Rankings by subject.🚀 We also secured 4th place in Asia, maintaining a top-5 ranking in the region for 11 consecutive years.🌟 Let us look forward to witnessing even greater achievements from FEHD❗️
#QSWorldRankings #EdUHK

[Bruce John Macfarlane @profbmac]

The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) has made a remarkable leap to 12th place globally in the field of education, as reported in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject for 2025, released today (12 March).

[David Carless @CarlessDavid]

I don't often co-author articles which get 500+ citations per year, so I wrote a blog about the process and facilitators

[Bruce John Macfarlane @profbmac]

Why the belief that university students are instrumental and consumerist is a modern neoliberal myth. Now published in open access. https://t.co/PItHYJfTuP

[Bruce John Macfarlane @profbmac]

The 'duty to explain' is a more a positive way of understanding that the university teacher should not indoctrinate the student but instead open up a range of interpretations for them to choose from. See my new paper with Ivy Xiao Han in open access: https://t.co/sIbRZGwren

[Bruce John Macfarlane @profbmac]

This is a lecture I am doing about internationalisation at PKU today. Hope it is of interest.

Bruce Macfarlane（香港教育大学）
什么是“国际学者”？对国家身份和后殖民主义假设的批判性评估
时间：9月30日（星期一）14:00-16:00
地点：教育学院209教室
腾讯会议号：226-604-635

[Bruce John Macfarlane @profbmac]

北大教育论坛第293讲 | 什么是“国际学者”？对国家身份和后殖民主义假设的批判性评估

https://t.co/Jn2v5SAEaV

[Bruce John Macfarlane @profbmac]

Universities that micro-manage teaching methods are eroding academic freedom. See the new issue of Teaching in Higher Education https://t.co/zJSM5cxlAV

[Prof. Oleksiyenko’s Community of Global Higher Ed @GlobalHE_AOL]

Professor Anatoly V. Oleksiyenko's collaborative study has resulted in a thought-provoking paper, challenging traditional perspectives on desovietization in #HigherEducation. This innovative work offers a significant contribution to the discussion on post-soviet transformations.

[Bruce John Macfarlane @profbmac]

The new Centre for Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies at EduHK, Hong Kong is recruiting!
1. Post-Doctoral Fellow (PDF) - https://t.co/kKIDOMnEnb
2. Project Officer (PO) - https://t.co/NihKRplRim
3. Executive Assistant (EA) - https://t.co/pUoyLUSeiU

[Bruce John Macfarlane @profbmac]

We are always talking about higher education being 'in crisis'. Such talk is really about which beliefs and values are seen as under threat. Please see my new paper 'The ideology of crisis in higher education', just published by HEQ. https://t.co/N2NJmssDkm

[A/Prof Tai Peseta @tpeseta]

Pls RT: Keynotes for the 2024 Critical University Studies conf now in: Liz Morrish, Sharon Stein, Angel Lin and colleagues https://t.co/iR1HeQBvtU. Abstract closing date extended to Fri 17/11. Still time to get yours in @profbmac @evabpetersen @jiaburford @janglasgow #CUSconf24

[Faculty of Education and Human Development, EdUHK @FEHD_EdUHK]

FEHD team led by Prof Lim Cher Ping wins Bett Asia Awards 2023!🎉This Award marked the success of the EdUHK and our valued Cambodian partners in bolstering the quality of higher education teaching and learning.

Learn more🔗: https://t.co/qVaOVpd5OA