Universal exams can fix the grade inflation crisis
With the prestige of first-class honours degrees diminished, intellectually testing national examinations are needed to identify academic high-flyers, argues Lincoln Allison
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Times Higher Education’s most-read articles of 2023
International students, post-study work visas and opinion pieces captured readers’ attention this year
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Higher education needs more portfolio academics
With academics feeling the strain from higher workloads, the days when scholars had time to write novels or run businesses seem increasingly distant. Lincoln Allison suggests that universities have...
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Should universities ban staff-student relationships?
As several UK universities outlaw sex between academics and students, two writers offer differing views on the Office for Students’ proposed ban
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Are true friendships possible in academia?
Alliances with university colleagues can be inspiring and life-affirming but may also be grounded in little more than ambition or survival instinct. Six writers reflect on the joys and challenges of...