Universities
Badmissions procedures
Putting decisions in the hands of non-specialist administrators fails students and universities
Guardrails of civilisation
If politics is downstream from culture, culture is downstream from the campus
The rise of academentia
Mere transgression is being elevated above genuine insight and creativity
Death by red tape
“Soft cancellation” is the preferred tool of institutionalised censoriousness
The future of higher education
How can universities be more efficient and effective?
Bureaucrazy
Why grades can go up even as standards go down
The vicious circle of higher education funding
Underperforming international students are propping up underperforming British universities
High praise for low standards
Why intellectual life needs more, and more systematic, criticism
Miserable managerialism at Magdalen
Gimmicky stakeholder management is failing the spirit of the university
Higher education, lower standards
Why are our universities in decline?