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Brian Bloch

Articles by Brian Bloch

A robot writing with a pencil, symbolising editing

AI won’t remove the need for human academic editing any time soon

Disciplinary nuance and optimum word usage are likely to remain beyond chatbots trained on the imperfect existing corpus, says Brian Bloch

12月 30日

Unproductive senior office worker sitting at desk and building a card castle instead of working

遭遇学术中年危机？不要只是随波逐流地退休

布莱恩·布洛赫（Brian Bloch）写道，太多在职业生涯中期就失去动力的学者滥用一个他们往往无法或不愿意面对的系统

6月 19日

A woman reading a book in the park, symbolising neglect of teaching duties

Neglect of teaching may be common in Germany – but punishment less so

Despite a court’s endorsement of controversial virologist Alexander Kekulé’s suspension, suspicions linger that it is politically motivated, says Brian Bloch

2月 10日

Illustration: A brain containing a maze and a door, symbolising psychology admissions

Will an aptitude test make German psychology admissions fairer?

The test aims to flag potential that school-leaving exams miss. But not all applicants to the hugely oversubscribed courses are cheering, says Brian Bloch

11月 25日

Practising conference presentations is vital – even for native speakers

Overloaded slides, peculiar body language and speech that is too quick, slow, quiet or relentless are all easily fixed, says Brian Bloch

11月 29日

A bored academic leans her head on a book

When marking is such an ordeal, is it any wonder errors creep in?

The summer marking marathon is among the most dreary of academic duties. Thank goodness students can appeal, says Brian Bloch

7月 9日

Heidelberg University

German universities’ teaching in English is unavoidably flawed

Limited fluency and cultural concerns could lead to a backlash against German institutions’ pitch to the international market, says Brian Bloch

5月 6日

Reichstag building mirrored in glass as a metaphor to plagiarism scandals relating to politicians.

剽窃丑闻正削弱中欧高等学位的价值

布莱恩·布洛赫（Brian Bloch）表示，人们过于重视学术头衔，却忽视其应有的重大贡献

3月 31日

Person marking an error on a page with red marker

期刊的英文文本润色服务不够好且不道德

布莱恩·布洛赫（Brian Bloch）说，编辑任务通常分配给来自不同领域的博士生，但不合格的稿件也总会被接受

10月 4日

Editing journal article

Five myths about academic editing

The quality of scholarly editing is ‘extremely uneven’, says Brian Bloch

10月 30日

From Where I Sit illustration (27 August 2015)

‘Professor hunters’ dig in on the digital battlefield

Brian Bloch considers the attacks against two Humboldt University scholars in the internet age

8月 27日

From Where I Sit illustration (9 July 2015)

Turbulent times at Zeppelin University

Campus leaders must apply academics’ theories in the boardroom, suggests Brian Bloch

7月 9日

From Where I Sit illustration (4 June 2015)

Open for business: language skills can make a world of difference

Learning to read foreign literature and communicate in a practical sense can be mutually reinforcing, says Brian Bloch

6月 4日