News blog: Is the REF worth a quarter of a billion pounds?
£246 million is big money but it is probably much less than the hit the research budget would take if the REF did not exist, says Paul Jump
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‘Brain scan’ reveals impact links between disciplines
REF case studies used to create a map of knowledge connections between fields
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Is public engagement really career limiting?
Research suggests that UK academics are rarely rewarded for public engagement. Is the same true in the US, asks Andrew Maynard?
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Pressure on academics for grant income blamed for plummeting ESRC success rate
Just 13 per cent of open call applications to social science funder were successful in 2014-15
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Theresa May visa plan 'harmful' to UK's ability to recruit overseas academics
Proposals amount to 41 per cent increase in minimum salary threshold for new researchers to gain visa, Universities UK and Russell Group warn
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REF results lead Wolverhampton to plan for job cuts
University and College Union says proposals could mean a third of Wolverhampton's research professors lose their jobs
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Introduce ‘kitemark’ for data analytics courses, says UUK
Report calls for desired graduate skill set in the field to be ‘clearly set out’
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Maintenance grants are a necessity, not a luxury
The National Union of Students responds to the axeing of maintenance grants in George Osborne’s Budget
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Businesses 'forced to provide basic skills training for graduates'
More than one in five employers tell annual CBI/Pearson survey that they have provided remedial support
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Goebbels royalties ruling: historians express anger
German court decision both ‘shocking’ and a threat to historical research
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Sir Keith Burnett on the secret of great teaching
Small-group teaching can be life changing, for students and their tutors. But it doesn’t come for free.
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REF 2014 cost almost £250 million
Accountability review finds cost of assessment equates to 2.4 per cent of funding bodies’ expected spend over next six years
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Overseas branch campuses still have potential for growth, says study
Moocs and capacity-building projects with partners in developing countries are also expected to expand, a European University Association report finds
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Marketisation 'is wrecking teaching and research'
An open letter sounding the alarm hit a nerve among academics – it’s time for managers to listen, argues Karín Lesnik-Oberstein.
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Universities ‘must collect hard data’ on barriers to overseas students
‘Anecdotal evidence has little value’, professor tells UK Council for International Student Affairs conference