Q&A with Kim Frost
We speak to the new chair of Universities Human Resources and HR director of the University of London
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An international REF? How about infinity and beyond?
Alistair McCulloch wonders if those seeking to expand research assessment beyond the UK are a bit too parochial in their ambitions
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Grant winners - 23 October 2014
Royal SocietyUniversity Research FellowshipsAward winner: Robert CrainInstitution: Liverpool John Moores UniversityValue: £419,196The gaseous universe in realistic cosmological simulationsAward...
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News in brief - 23 October 2014
Research assessmentHave your say on a global REFOpinions on the merits of UK academics having their research assessed alongside that of scholars from around the world are being sought by the Higher...
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The week in higher education - 23 October 2014
Members of the University and College Union have voted to strike over proposed cuts to their pensions. In a ballot involving UCU members in pre-1992 universities, 78 per cent of those who voted said...
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Watching but also discerning
Universities collecting data to monitor performance must be transparent and in sync with academic work and goals
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Take a cold shower
The suggestion made by two University of East Anglia students that urinating while showering could result in huge water savings (“The week in higher education”, News, 16 October) may have health...
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Knowing their limits
In response to Bruce Macfarlane’s piece (“If not now, when?”, Opinion, 16 October), I come from Hong Kong, and am now living in England. I’m one of the privileged who can immigrate.People in the West...
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Sociologists everywhere
Amanda Goodall and Andrew Oswald’s argument that the social sciences need a shake-up (“Time for a makeover?”, Features, 9 October) seems to have overlooked the fact that social scientists are often...
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Who is the priority?
As a student at the University of Essex, I’ve had the pleasure of being mentored by Marina Warner, Glyn Maxwell and Derek Walcott. Statements from the university that portray students’ education and...
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False assumptions of the USS
Last week, the Employers Pension Forum published “Proposed Changes to USS – Myths, Misconceptions and Misunderstandings”. The document contains misinformation and a mistake. We focus on the section “...
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Support levels diverge between post-1992s and Russell Group
Students at post-1992 institutions will receive just a quarter of the help offered by older universities
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Are students’ unions backing off the hard questions?
Battle of Ideas debate asks if policies of “no-platforming” make campuses ‘homogeneous zones of head-nodding’
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Liberal arts builds momentum in the UK
Symposium hears of efforts to build broad-based humanities study on British soil