Fears over ‘polishing’ of REF statements spark audit calls
Narrative format of environment statements may encourage institutions to ‘stretch the truth’ with misrepresentations ‘hard to prove’, experts fear.
Visibility isn’t enough for Asian women in academia
Being visible in higher education doesn’t always mean you are being heard.
UK to close Turing exchange scheme when it rejoins Erasmus+
Post-Brexit programme established by Boris Johnson’s government shuttered after supporting 200,000 participants.
Chinese universities gain ground on UK and US in global rankings
Britain and US retain grip on top 10, with MIT first and Imperial College London second.
When university metrics backfire: what REF, TEF and NSS can learn from academic gaming behaviours
Performance metrics are meant to improve universities. But when metrics become targets, they can start to reshape the behaviours they are supposed to measure.
New HEPI Report ‘Interconnected Innovation: Physical connectivity as the missing ingredient in UK research and innovation policy’
The UK’s research strengths are world-class, but too often they operate in isolation rather than as part of a connected national system. A new HEPI report argues that better transport and infrastructure links could unlock significant gains in collaboration, innovation and
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