Civil English war

As Arma 2021 enters its final day, the OfS releases guidance on inclusive assessment

Playbook returns to something resembling its old self this morning, arriving in your inbox slightly bleary-eyed after consecutive weeks at party conferences dictated the contents of most of our column inches. Stay tuned, then, for coverage of two altogether more familiar topics: student assessment and essay mills.

First, though, a final trip to Manchester, where the Conservative Party conference concluded yesterday with an after-dinner comedy turn from prime minister Boris Johnson. As Martin McQuillan writes in his conference sketch, universities and R&D were not absent from Johnson’s closing address—though there was nothing in terms of policy.