The glut of prizes is undermining the true value of research and teaching

Universities are now committed to ‘celebrating success’ and to treating every failure as just a stepping stone on the way to further success. Yet this, argues Joe Moran, is a betrayal of what really matters in the academy

Published on
November 26, 2020
Last updated
January 4, 2021
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