Creator says REF should swap expert panels for metrics in science
Rama Thirunamachandran says metrics could be effectively used to assess quality for many disciplines

Rama Thirunamachandran says metrics could be effectively used to assess quality for many disciplines

The pandemic has curtailed urgent discussion of聽open access鈥 impact on scholarly societies, says Frank James

Office for Students calls for universities to review sexual misconduct policies by summer, following publications of thousands of claims of abuse across sector

Australian astrophysicist adapts galaxy modelling techniques to track path of current employment practices

Chief executive of biotechnology giant urges governments to provide long-term clarity on support for聽research

Reading room of historic Jagger library聽鈥榗ompletely gutted鈥

Gabriel Paquette is impressed by an ambitious account of how a continent has kept trying to reinvent itself after major wars

Sector leaders say governments should 鈥榥udge鈥, not direct, university commercialisation efforts

Centres of invention聽such as Silicon Valley 鈥榓 model for burgeoning inequality鈥, summit hears

Australian minister offers no new details on proposed commercialisation scheme or timing of international students鈥 return

Boris Johnson 鈥榗ompletely wrong鈥 about vaccine success, while UK聽industrial strategy vacillation 鈥榬eeks of insecurity鈥,聽innovation expert tells聽THE聽summit

Students want to聽learn more about sustainable development and feel prepared for the jobs of the future, says聽Jamie McGowan

The woeful environmental record of the UK鈥檚 research-intensive universities illustrates a lack of leadership and incentives to cut emissions, says Bill Spence

Senators warm to massive federal funding hike, but with greater share for non-elite institutions

Academics question whether autonomy will be protected as an ambitious national policy is implemented