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Leap in proportion of ‘above world standard’ research may reflect decline in average citation rates around the globe

Leap in proportion of ‘above world standard’ research may reflect decline in average citation rates around the globe

Declines heaviest among small colleges, men, and states of Florida and Illinois

A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

David Newman is unconvinced by claims that the Middle East is being reconfigured

Joanna Bourke has reservations about an attempt to track the changing meanings of terror

Tony Mann assesses an argument about the role of mathematical beauty as a key to understanding how the universe works

Peter J. Smith raises a glass to ‘conviviality’ in life and literature

Lisa Hopkins applauds a ‘woke’ look at the gaps in Shakespeare’s plays

Post-18 review highlights the chaotic nature of Westminster policymaking, writes John Morgan

A different environment can do wonders for a person; might universities feel a similar refreshment when the UK’s political landscape settles down again?
Assessing the future of assessment The feature “Time to get real” asks if university assessment still passes muster and properly reflects real-world tasks (23 May). Many of us have been listening to...

Event will include launch of THE Europe Teaching Rankings 2019

Cost growth still set to outstrip funding, as ‘fees free’ absorbs the fat

Why do anger and indignation come so quick these days? wonders Matthew Reisz