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Award-winning author, broadcaster and academic Gary Younge to Chair British Academy Book Prize 2027

The British Academy calls for a national strategy for longform open access

The British Academy launches new Innovation Fellowships bringing sustainability expertise to Whitehall

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Disability as a driver of change: depathologising the university

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Hospitality in times of war

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