Emily Michelson

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, while one considers how to enhance the fairness of marking outcomes

The past 12 months will live long in the memory, for all the wrong reasons. But as 2020 nears its end amid fairy lights and optimism about vaccines, six academics tell us the bright spots they managed to find amid the gloom – from human connections to elasticated waistbands

Bureaucracy is the bane of every academic’s life. But who is to blame for its proliferation – and how can it be kept in check? Six academics have their say – while a registrar offers an equal and opposite reaction 

Book of the week: Emily Michelson learns that the home and the items in it were the heart of Renaissance religion

Academic travel is hard work, but destinations that are sunny and picturesque have their consolations, says Emily Michelson

The scholarly better halves of literary sleuths flatter academic readers’ egos with their virtue, says Emily Michelson