REF reflections: are the 2021 rules fair?
One applauds the sentiments expressed by James Wilsdon in his article on the research excellence framework 2021 and I agree that the majority of recently announced decisions are sensible and were...
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We the undersigned stand in solidarity with the journal Third World Quarterly and its editor-in-chief. Those of us not already involved with the journal stand ready to support it, including...
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Gulf of opinion
Speaking personally, but as a member of the Higher Education Academy Board, we have often discussed the question of the ethics of the HEA’s expanding portfolio of global activities. It’s not...
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& Co.
Further to suggestions on how to avoid authorship wars, if more than six people are involved in a project, then there should be a single author “plus team of XX people”, with those people and their...
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The REF is wrong: books are not inferior to papers
Monographs typically constitute a scholar’s greatest achievement, but REF strategists discourage their production, says Bruce Macfarlane
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Improving universities’ image is not just about education
Institutions must be willing to meet the new world of populism and protectionism halfway, says Matthew Andrews
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Departing Bath Spa v-c paid £808K in final year
University defends £429,000 pay-off to Christina Slade as criticism of ‘excessive’ executive pay intensifies
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Ulster ordered to pay £1 million over ‘sham’ redundancy process
University management ‘actively misled’ union representatives and wanted to keep members ‘in the dark’, tribunal rules
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Germany edges towards brink in dispute with Elsevier
Publisher and research community remain divided over question of access to international publications
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Amid all the criticism, we must not forget the vital role our universities play
It has been a tough year for higher education, but we must not forget how universities transform their students’ life chances, says Maddalaine Ansell
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Max Planck launches women-only recruitment drive
With women still under-represented at the top levels of research, some see the rise of more explicit ‘affirmative action’ on gender becoming more common
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Huddersfield’s ‘repositioning’ sees 138 jobs go
Garlanded Yorkshire institution denies claims that cuts are related to financial pressures or research ambitions
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Pasteur’s entrepreneurial spirit burns bright in Paris
Not far from the birthplace of preventative medicine, research institutes in the French capital are working together to launch a new era of technology transfer
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Cambridge receives £85 million philanthropic gift
Donation from estate of inventor Ray Dolby will be used to redevelop the university’s physics department