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Precisely. I never use MCQs. Nor SAQs. I'm a lateral thinking essay man. This is university not f***ing colouring in. I have done a lot of external examining around UK unis, and the SAQs do my head in. First rule - map the Q to an idea A, then mark down for omission and error. Rocket science...

It is quite exciting. I love disruptive change. Personally I haven't yet been mugged by an AI bit of coursework. A benefit of asking questions from within the edge of the spectrum :LOL:

Radio 5 suggested that unis are going to be told how to use AI. At my uni we have been told to tell students not to use it (plagiarsm)......

Do you mean journals about the economy or journals that are value for money? ??? :wink:

Many thanks for that. I agree with your points except the one about volume versus quality. Where I work the research deans are competitive within the college and in my research division many of us are rejected by the head at ref time, only to be 'picked up' and returned by smaller research...

Brilliant question. The simply answer is we cannot tell, a priori, what is the best (most correct and relevant) research and how this maps to the JIF (which journal to trust, in other words) any more than we can for a 'newspaper' or TV channel (with some obvious egregious exceptions). We know...

Are you a publisher, a researcher or other? My understanding is that charges levied against the author are primarily dependent on the JIF. If a low JIF journal sets the charge to high the author will go elsewhere. I understand all about green and gold open access. I am the editor in chief of...

I laughed when I saw this, sent to me by Mrs T yesterday (see pasted link below). ‘Too greedy’: mass walkout at global science journal over ‘unethical’ fees | Peer review and scientific publishing | The Guardian ‘Too greedy’: mass walkout at global science journal over ‘unethical’ fees...