Day 24: Graham Kendall 2025 Advent Calendar #GXKAdvent2025
What Academics Secretly Hope for in 2026 (But Don’t Say)
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As we reach the final day of this advent calendar, many academics will be quietly reflecting on the year just gone, and on what they hope 2026 might bring.
Day 23: Graham Kendall 2025 Advent Calendar #GXKAdvent2025
A Christmas Thank-You to the Peer Reviewers No One Notices
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Day 22: Graham Kendall 2025 Advent Calendar #GXKAdvent2025
The Christmas Wish List: What Researchers Really Need in 2026
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Day 21: Graham Kendall 2025 Advent Calendar #GXKAdvent2025
Why Mentoring Matters Most When the Year Ends
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Day 20: Graham Kendall 2025 Advent Calendar #GXKAdvent2025
Christmas Wishes Early-Career Researchers Never Say Out Loud
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Day 19: Graham Kendall 2025 Advent Calendar #GXKAdvent2025
The Myth of the ‘Q1 Stocking’: What Researchers Really Need to Know
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Day 18: Graham Kendall 2025 Advent Calendar #GXKAdvent2025
If Santa Used H-Index, Who Would Make His List?
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Day 17: Graham Kendall 2025 Advent Calendar #GXKAdvent2025
Ranking Season Never Ends (Even at Christmas)
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Day 16: Graham Kendall 2025 Advent Calendar #GXKAdvent2025
From Handwritten Scripts to Large Language Models: A December Reflection
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Day 15: Graham Kendall 2025 Advent Calendar #GXKAdvent2025
If AI Wrote Santa’s Naughty List, Who Would Be on It?
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Day 14: Graham Kendall 2025 Advent Calendar #GXKAdvent2025
AI Is the New Elf: Helpful, But Needs Supervision
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Day 13: Graham Kendall 2025 Advent Calendar #GXKAdvent2025
A Seasonal Reflection on KPIs and What Really Matters
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Day 12: Graham Kendall 2025 Advent Calendar #GXKAdvent2025
The Real Wish List of Academic Staff (Not What You Think)
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Day 11: Graham Kendall 2025 Advent Calendar #GXKAdvent2025
If Universities Had an Advent Calendar: What Would Be Behind Each Door?
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Day 10: Graham Kendall 2025 Advent Calendar #GXKAdvent2025
Admissions, Yield Management, and the Holiday Shopping Analogy
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Ethical Publishing
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Day 9: Graham Kendall 2025 Advent Calendar #GXKAdvent2025
The December Slowdown? Not in University Leadership
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Day 8: Graham Kendall 2025 Advent Calendar #GXKAdvent2025
What Universities Can Learn from Santa’s Logistics
Every year, Santa is credited with achieving the impossible: global operations, precise scheduling, complex routing, personalised delivery, and flawless execution, all in a single night.
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Day 7: Graham Kendall 2025 Advent Calendar #GXKAdvent2025
The Christmas Truce We Need: Academia vs. Predatory Publishing
The famous Christmas Truce of 1914 showed that even in the most difficult circumstances, people can pause, reflect, and recognise what truly matters.
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Day 6: Graham Kendall 2025 Advent Calendar #GXKAdvent2025
The December Detox: Why Citation Manipulation Needs a Clean-Up
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Day 5: Graham Kendall 2025 Advent Calendar #GXKAdvent2025
Christmas Miracles and 48-Hour Acceptances: Too Good to Be True?
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Day 4: Graham Kendall 2025 Advent Calendar #GXKAdvent2025
The Christmas Wish List for a Cleaner Scholarly Record
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Day 3: Graham Kendall 2025 Advent Calendar #GXKAdvent2025
Red Flags of Christmas: Spotting Paper Mills in 2025
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Day 2: Graham Kendall 2025 Advent Calendar #GXKAdvent2025
The Ghost of Research Integrity Past: What We Haven’t Learned Yet
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Starting tomorrow, and then for 24 days, I'll be posting a series of articles about my areas of interest. They may not be holiday season topics but, as the year end approaches, it's a good time to reflect. Each post will be tagged with #GXKAdvent2025 . Hope you enjoy
