Jessica Corner: reforms may ‘substantially shift’ REF weightings
New Research England head reflects on her roundabout route into academia and the future of research evaluation
New Research England head reflects on her roundabout route into academia and the future of research evaluation
Bibliometric-led evaluation of research outputs unable to replicate ‘richness’ of peer-review model
At THE conference in Los Angeles, warning of long-term debt to workers includes suggested remedies such as temporary release from course loads and pause in tenure clock
‘Dual enrolments’ jump 11 per cent in a year in what colleges hope is a move that will encourage low-income students to consider higher education
While students with deferred loans are insensitive to price signals, new study suggests that universities are just as unresponsive
Handing out glitzy prizes is a cheaper way of shoring up morale than paying people better, says Bruce Macfarlane
Cell biologist replaces Reif after tenure marked by explosive neighbourhood growth and financial-political controversies
Many reacted to Karl Andersson’s autoethnography on cartoon child porn by asking how it could have been allowed to go ahead. But amid doubts about who it harmed and ongoing concerns about research...
As Sir Colin Campbell knew, an overseas footprint offers the long-term returns that universities are established for, say Christine Ennew and David Greenaway
A national curriculum relating to vital knowledge and skills could also help assure equal access to high-quality courses, says Ian Pace
Scholars warn that Tokyo’s cash injection will reward the few over the many, pushing top institutions closer to industry at the expense of basic research, social sciences and humanities
The Italian physicist known for making complex science intelligible explains how radical student politics, hallucinogenic drugs and hitch-hiking around America helped him become one of science’s...
Backed by state government, an ambitious university-led initiative is aiming to restore the Ruhr Valley’s former industrial glory. John Morgan meets academics behind the experiment in driving...
The push for lifelong learning should revive the ‘I can’t decide which of these exciting subjects to study next’ model of learning, says Andy Grayson