Peter Frankopan: ‘I’m a historian, not a prophet’
The UK’s ‘rock star historian’ Peter Frankopan talks to Matthew Reisz about his ambitious follow-up to his Silk Roads chronicle and the perils of being seen as a modern-day sage
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Seeing stars
Trying to forecast the future of higher education tends to leave heads spinning, but new analysis from the OECD’s data guru brings some trends into focus
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Japan University Rankings 2023: methodology
Our Japan rankings are constructed on four pillars that demonstrate the broad strength of a university
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The ChatGPT revolution of academic research has begun
The AI chatbot may soon kill the undergraduate essay, but its transformation of research could be equally seismic. Jack Grove examines how ChatGPT is already disrupting scholarly practices and where...
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16 March 2023 digital edition
Machine mind: The ChatGPT revolution in research
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St Andrews v-c elected as next UUK president
Dame Sally Mapstone will take up the role from 1Â August
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Wellesley rejects student demand on gender
Students at prominent all-female college vote to endorse admission of transgender male and non-binary students, but leadership refuses
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Don’t get rid of the Office for Students, urges Dandridge
Former OfS chief executive turned Bristol professor defends regulator ‘looking out for the interests of students’ as it comes under scrutiny
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Rise of female leaders ‘opens up a sense of what’s achievable’
Sector’s progress in appointing women to top positions will help address remaining gender imbalances, but only with more work
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The week in higher education – 16 March 2023
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Interview with Sonora Jha
The Seattle University academic and novelist talks about satirising a type of male scholar who wins the plum posts, despite harming colleagues
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Stop rinsing our research budgets, university travel agents told
Academics left ‘traumatised’ by ‘absurd’ and ‘Byzantine’ corporate booking systems that drain departmental travel funds
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Assessment damages everyone involved. I’m giving all my students As
Grading fills students with anxiety and academics with guilt. It is the enemy of real education. Time for a rebellion, says Andy Farnell
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University investment zones ‘step in the right direction’
Jeremy Hunt uses spring budget aiming to harness potential of R&D to boost economic growth