Is the drive for efficiency setting researchers up for a fall?
Data from the THE World University Rankings suggest Western nations such as the UK are making good use of limited resources, but what are the side effects?
Data from the THE World University Rankings suggest Western nations such as the UK are making good use of limited resources, but what are the side effects?
Simon Baker explores the mechanics of the teaching excellence framework to determine if it was fair, if universities will attempt to game it, if it will win public favour and if it will change in...
Amid all the events to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, Peter J. Smith contemplates our appetite for everything – and anything – to do with the Bard
The long overdue top-up to England’s quality-related funding stream is a reminder that project grants are not the only show on the beach
Seven academic chemists give their views on the field’s health
Precarity is a significant feature of the academy worldwide, creating a feeling of ‘academic apartheid’ as it grows. Ellie Bothwell explores its impact
To what extent can universities drive economic development – or vice versa? Rachael Pells explores the ways in which higher education and economic success interact
Introduced to help boost technology transfer amid renewed political focus on ‘industrial strategy’, the KEF aims to complement the REF and TEF. But how will it work? Is it even necessary? And is the...
Our data team’s modelling of the potential teaching excellence framework results shows the Russell Group losing out to a new elite
James Andrew Smith looks at the likely administrative costs of the teaching excellence framework in the light of the costs of the REF
From Australia to Singapore, David Matthews and John Elmes weigh the pros and cons of likely destinations
The region’s reputation for excellence could be threatened by funding cuts and restructuring
John Elmes talks to Paul Jackson about the politics scholar’s central role during negotiations between the Nepalese government and Maoist rebels