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Are student demands for higher grades threatening standards?
As students in many countries receive their final degree marks amid perennial concerns about grade inflation, three scholars reflect on their experiences of being pressured to mark more leniently,...
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Are personal tutors an anachronism?
As undergraduate numbers soar and student needs become increasingly complex, questions are being asked about whether a support model that relies on the conscientiousness of individual academics is...
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Is student course evaluation actually useful?
Virtually all modern university courses end with a request for feedback. But are students’ reactions even useful for improving future course design, never mind assessing lecturers? Seven academics...
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Times Higher Education’s academic holiday guide 2019
As summer approaches in the northern hemisphere, six academics give their personal guides to their favourite vacation destinations