University Challenged

University Challenged is written by a long-suffering academic. Tips and leaks welcome via [email protected]

Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name? 

Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement

Every modern university, it seems, needs a “mission statement”

How the old tradition of wassailing might actually benefit orchards

Far fewer applicants now find themselves in the cold corridors of medieval quads

AI has already become a central part of the student experience

The Chancellorship race was just a distraction from the real position of power in the university

How to deal with the legacy of physical books in academic libraries?

There is no consensus about what constitutes AI abuse versus use