Stern might change the rules, but the REF game is still a game
Kirsty Rolfe says the portability proposal does nothing to ease the fears and worries of young researchers struggling to start careers

Kirsty Rolfe says the portability proposal does nothing to ease the fears and worries of young researchers struggling to start careers

As he bins decades-old lecture notes, Ron Iphofen wonders what unused but undiscarded relics populate scholarsā shelves, discs and drives

A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash

An embarrassing incident led academic and sex blogger Katie Beswick to reflect on the risks and rewards of being open online
Ryan Cooganās eloquent description of the alienating experiences of returning to his home working-class community in Salford after progressing from undergraduate to PhD study made long-healed scars...
I have a hard time seeing how Lord Sternās review of the research excellence framework doesnāt just create a new set of rules to be gamed, with power having largely been shifted from individuals to...
Henry Jinman is correct to highlight the major limitations of basing entrepreneurship education around the development of a business plan (āEnterprise courses in HE āreluctantā to give real-world...
I was surprised to see Tara Brabazon argue that āthe word āglocalā should be avoided in academic writing on pain of death and/or watching looped episodes of Keeping Up with the Kardashiansā (ā...

Easing student visa rules at just four selective universities is a failure to see internationalism as a post-Brexit force for good

Call for access agreements to draw on more sophisticated evaluation and analysis

Ana Mari Cauce, who is Cuban-American and gay, aims to improve race and identity relations on campus

Pro-gun group tries to block policy allowing concealed weapons ban in offices