REF noose round neck of academic freedom
Over the summer, my department asked me to prepare a research excellence framework impact statement based on work I had done six years ago (“Swansea’s REF plan diet hard to swallow”, News, 5...
Over the summer, my department asked me to prepare a research excellence framework impact statement based on work I had done six years ago (“Swansea’s REF plan diet hard to swallow”, News, 5...

Raising the bars - Can mobile technology answer Africa’s higher education call?
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Last week, Times Higher Education reported that management academics at Swansea University may be placed on teaching-only contracts unless they can offer four papers judged to be at least 3* in...

Party conference season is upon us but there may be little dissent expressed over the fees status quo, despite its dangers

Fears grow that Indian students could be priced out of UK market. David Matthews reports

Committee points to ‘gaps in qualitative and quantitative evidence’ for Finch report recommendations

Privy Council warns coalition: keep restrictions on use of university-related terms. John Morgan writes

Minutes reveal huge write-off and continuing dispute with LSBF. David Matthews reports

Independent Commission on Fees sounds warning over applicant numbers

Almost two-thirds of students who graduated in 2008-09 still thought their courses were good value for money three and a half years later, a survey has found.Just 14 per cent say the courses they...