The All Souls fellowship exam confirms everything you already knew about Oxford, yet the brilliance isn’t in the answers but in the institution itself, writes Arabella Byrne
Sector representatives sceptical of ‘kickstarter’ spending
Scientific excellence must mean more than ‘how good someone is with a round-bottom flask’, conference hears
Blogger Seb Ward was told that university would be ‘the time of his life’, perhaps that’s why the loneliness felt so crippling
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The possibility of a university failing as it is exposed to commercial forces could have consequences that ripple out far beyond campus
China’s growing presence in Africa is causing many students to head to Asia rather than Western universities, says Zahir Irani
Matthew Reisz considers how children’s literature that draws on academic scholarship can hold lessons for readers of any age or social rank
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Book of the week: leaning in self-determinedly sidelines collective efforts to secure equality, says Emma Rees
Simon Baker weighs the evidence for the transformation of the country’s higher education system
A polemic against the divisive effect of ‘victimology’ puts its author’s prejudices on display, says Joanna Williams
Nick Hillman disputes a narrative that assumes all would be well if ‘experts’ were put in charge
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