It’s our duty to assess the costs of the REF
As we await the results of the research excellence framework 2014, it is time to reflect. The basic idea of identifying and directing research funding towards excellence must be right. Few would...
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Open days seen from the other side
Christopher Phelps views universities through new eyes when he accompanies his daughter on a tour of UK campuses
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Researcher volunteers for moral duty on Ebola’s front line
Shunmay Yeung of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine describes her part in fighting the viral outbreak in Sierra Leone
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Six trends in campus design
Landmarks, ‘starchitecture’, green reuse, city-centre strategies: Chris Parr on forces shaping the sector’s bricks and mortar
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One scholar’s crusade against the REF
The flawed research excellence framework is not a process of peer review in any meaningful sense, argues Derek Sayer, who appealed against his inclusion in the exercise
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‘This is not a drill!’: countdown to the REF 2014
As the results of the research excellence framework approach, Emma Rees’ sleep-deprived imagination runs riot
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Universities need more collaboration, less competition
David Willetts calls for academics to work together during a debate on the REF and the state of higher education
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Australia: Coalition takes second run at higher education reform bill
One day after a Senate defeat, the government renews efforts to pass controversial package of changes
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Too many postdocs, not enough research jobs
Fears rise in the US that talented early career scientists are being driven out of the sector because of lack of opportunities
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Nye: The Political Life of Aneurin Bevan, by Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds
Roger Morgan lauds a biography charting Labour statesman’s rise from a colliery to the Cabinet
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Engineering degrees still not appealing to women
Little change in uptake over past 10 years despite millions spent on initiatives to widen participation in STEM subjects
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Developing nations are too focused on Anglo-US universities, v-c says
South African v-c tells THE BRICS and Emerging Economies Universities Summit that rankings steer institutions away from vital local concerns
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It’s the way that they do it
The REF may have alienated many academics because of how it has been interpreted by a management culture
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Half of schools ‘had no medicine applicants’
Half of schools in Britain did not provide a single applicant to medicine over a three-year period, a new study shows
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Universities risk only ‘social elite’ having key knowledge
Emeritus professor warns over growth of higher education courses that veer towards the ‘mundane’