Lex Academic consults with universities and research bodies on the questions currently transforming higher education: AI policy, assessment reform, curriculum diversification, and institutional efficiency. This strategic counsel sits alongside our editorial, translation, and publishing services, which are trusted by more than 200 institutions worldwide.
Increasingly, universities, faculties, and senior administrators come to us with questions about how structural, philosophical, and ethical challenges are reshaping higher education:
Designing AI use policies that command the confidence of students and faculty alike;
Diversifying and decolonising curricula in ways that are substantive rather than merely cosmetic;
Broadening and nuancing modes of assessment for an age in which coursework can no longer carry the weight it once did;
Improving institutional efficiency without compromising scholarly standards.
We counsel senior leaders on the harder questions beyond these: how to answer demands for value for money, pressed ever more insistently since the pandemic normalised online teaching and AI entered assessment from both directions; and how to engage honestly with such demands without accepting the reduction of students to consumers and of degrees to commodities.
This work is led by our Head Consultant, Professor Constantine Sandis, a Research Associate at the Uehiro Oxford Institute, who advises institutions on the ethical use of AI and on the broader philosophical implications of its roll-out across the academy.
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We are trusted by over 200 global institutions and would be proud to be added on procurement with your university or public body. Having Lex Academic on procurement enables us to work together without delay, delivering on projects as speedily as possible.
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We also regularly translate papers and website materials for the International Labour Review in Geneva, as well as books for numerous publishers, including Bloomsbury Academic. Furthermore, we draft, edit, and localize White Papers, technical brochures, and related documents for universities and research institutions, such as the Alan Turing Institute in London.
We are always looking for ways to support, promulgate, and uphold the highest standards of academic research. To this end, we offer subsidised rates to journals signed up with the Barcelona Principles for a Globally Inclusive Philosophy, as well as university offices offering services and support for disability and neuroinclusion.
Get in touch
If the questions above abound at your institution, we would be very glad to talk. Initial conversations are exploratory and always confidential. Write to us at hello@lexacademic.com and you can arrange a call with Professor Sandis or the most relevant member of our consulting team. We are well versed in procurement and onboarding. We love working with partners who share our values of academic integrity, inclusion, and clear, humane communication.
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At Lex Academic, we understand that you want your research to have the great possible reach, especially in a climate where tenure and research impact are tightly intertwined.
"As a non-native English speaker working in academic philosophy, language can be an additional challenge to publish your research in the best journals. Lex Academic helped me turn my manuscripts into impeccable idiomatic style and clarity. They were fast, precise, and very flexible. My manuscripts have been subsequently accepted for publication in Erkenntnis, Philosophia, and Ratio. Highly recommended!"
Dr. Manuel Gustavo Isaac (Postdoctoral Mobility Fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation at the University of St Andrews)
