QAA reviews ‘could be abolished’
Institutional reviews by the Quality Assurance Agency could become a thing of the past in favour of more robust internal monitoring by universities themselves, a draft policy paper suggests.
Institutional reviews by the Quality Assurance Agency could become a thing of the past in favour of more robust internal monitoring by universities themselves, a draft policy paper suggests.
Former universities minister warns that Conservatives’ ‘talking down’ of higher education sector will hit UK economy
Payment of almost £5,000 would enable doctoral graduates to refocus on the job market and avoid burnout, says Hepi-British Academy report
Open peer review has ‘potential to be more thorough, inclusive and collegial’ than traditional journal-led route, funders and publishers say
Cornell University philosopher Kate Manne is calling out the discrimination – often blatant – faced by scholars deemed overweight
Animal behaviour expert Weliton Menário Costa wins international prize for flamboyant take on how marsupials have distinct personalities
Those seeking game-changing research should draw inspiration from the Premier League’s most innovative manager, says US-based nanoscientist
Sharing resources and commercial risk will allow Midlands universities to better support research spin-outs, says Aston University leader
The strange cases of scholars churning out several reviews a day are perplexing, given the lack of obvious rewards for such prodigious output
Growing scrutiny of empty departmental workplaces has revived the fraught debate over whether academics should retain their own assigned office
University of Oxford professor Simon Marginson says populist targeting of higher education by Trump, DeSantis and others is finding favour with both graduates and non-graduates alike
Strong engagement with students from socially deprived backgrounds rebuts claims of ‘middle-class grab’ of degree apprenticeships, finds audit
Supporters of Ghassan Hage claim his dismissal follows a ‘smear campaign’ responding to his condemnation of ‘war crimes’ in Palestinian territories
With many of Poland’s leading scientists in the UK, expatriate researchers will be crucial for scaling research partnerships, says report