Laurie Taylor – 11 January 2018
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What are you reading? – 11 January 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The OfS is off to an inauspicious start to its term
The Office for Students came into being on 1 January with a mere press release, without even a website. Does this bode well for its organisational performance? Sir Michael Barber, its chairman,...
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Points for polish
The feature “All present and correct?” (30 November 2017), about who deserves authorship credit, seems very one-sided; it does not consider how senior scholars might not be recognised (although I...
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Market shocks
If it were not so sad, it would be amusing to learn that one of the principal designers of the current market regime for English universities appears to be surprised at the report that there is an...
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Open combat
Alex Holcombe and Björn Brembs argue that if German institutions win their open-access battle with Elsevier, they will have lost the larger war (“Open access in Germany: the best DEAL is no deal”,...
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The UK must do a better job of predicting future student numbers
The Office for Budget Responsibility’s methodology is of incredibly low quality, says Nick Hillman
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We need blind marking in the REF, too
Bias in assessing submissions is inevitable and damaging. Anonymisation is the least bad solution, says Graham Farrell
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If the OfS is all about freedom of speech, the policy must at least be consistent
Jo Johnson’s support for free expression unravels when it comes to Palestine, says Jonathan Rosenhead
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Winning at all costs: US college athletics and the curse of money
College sport is deeply woven into US culture and commerce. But a long series of scandals has pointed the glare of publicity away from the basketball courts and football fields towards the athletics...
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New and noteworthy – 11 January 2018
A whirlwind tour of universities, a timely survey of Iran’s past, an intriguing nose-around the Byzantine Empire, and a fascinating study of revolution in Egypt
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Bit by Bit: Social Research in the Digital Age, by Matthew J. Salganik
Book of the week: Correct use and interpretation of big data can lead to the creation of new theories, finds Farida Vis