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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

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

枓島欺減櫓쾨誇샙？꼇狼怜角踞꺼磊직뒈藁金

꼈윰람·꼈쭤붐（Brian Bloch）畇돛，格뜩瞳斂撚�錡櫓퍅앎呵혼땡제돨欺諒읕痰寧몸儉쳬鞏鞏轟랬샀꼇毒雷충뚤돨溝固

6墩 19휑

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

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

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

2墩 10휑

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墩 25휑

Practising conference presentations is vital 쭯 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墩 29휑

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

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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

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

買함농壙攣潰흽櫓킹멕된欺貫돨송令

꼈윰람·꼈쭤붐（Brian Bloch）깊刻，훙쳬법黨路柬欺減庫鷗，홱빔柬페壇唐돨路댕묽窘

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Person marking an error on a page with red marker

퍅엷돨亶匡匡굶흴�륩蛟꼇뭘봤할꼇돛돠

꼈윰람·꼈쭤붐（Brian Bloch）綱，긍서훨蛟繫끽롸토못윱菱꼇谿쥴堵돨꺽却�，뎃꼇북목돨멨숭冷悧삔굳쌈肝

10墩 4휑

Editing journal article

Five myths about academic editing

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

10墩 30휑

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墩 27휑

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墩 9휑

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墩 4휑