UK boosts research budget but fails to confirm £22 billion target
Chancellor’s spending review research boost leaves questions around earlier promises, as funds committed for Erasmus replacement
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China’s five-year plan to step up HE modernisation impetus
Universities urged to take opportunity to modernise, as government’s next strategic plan set to boost research and technology
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̽»¨ÊÓƵ’s Digital Teaching Survey results
Universities’ wariness of online instruction was suddenly swept aside last year by Covid-19. But how successful has the overnight digital transition been? Is it sustainable? And should it be? Paul...
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REF reforms to seek ‘accountability without complex bureaucracy’
Science minister Amanda Solloway announces review of UK’s main research assessment exercise
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How high can China fly?
The country’s universities have shot up global rankings on the back of huge investment and a ruthless focus on publication. But as the country gears up for its next five-year plan, Joyce Lau asks...
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UK life sciences to get £146 million boost in industrial strategy
Major investment in advanced medical manufacturing announced by government
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The European Commission’s single market for research needs buy-in
If governments commit extra funding and researchers accept the growing industrial emphasis, the European Research Area can fly, says Jan Palmowski
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Lockdown led to ‘more polarised’ working hours for UK researchers
Many early career researchers saw their working hours fall, but one in nine scientists worked 60 hours a week, says Vitae study
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Digital Transformation Forum: Pandemic propels online education into ‘next phase’
Digitising classes was the first part – the next challenge is to make materials engaging and personalised, experts say
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The case for authentic assessment in HE’s ‘new normal’
Traditional forms of assessment, such as exams and essays, are largely irrelevant once students arrive in the workplace – we need new methods that relate to jobs, now more than ever
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Top echelon of world universities finds room for new arrivals
THE data demonstrate that leading institutions are focusing on becoming more comprehensive rather than more specialist
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Genuine North-South collaboration depends on a new reward system
Until we stop glorifying self-achievement, collaboration will remain transactional, say Maru Mormina, Romina Istratii and Alex Lewis
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Ex-minister: high-risk research funder must not be ‘destructive’
Jo Johnson tells MPs that new research funding agency could damage rest of system if allowed to be an ‘island’ in Cabinet Office
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THE World University Rankings 2021: people power needed like never before
Talent and ingenuity will be more important than ever to universities worldwide as they face a host of unprecedented challenges, says Ellie Bothwell
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Levelling-up agenda ‘challenges everything’ in UK research funding
UKRI lead on place sees challenge to ‘idea that our research strength should all be concentrated in a relatively small number of institutions’