Features

What are the key issues local union branches are dealing with, and how do they manage relationships with institutions in what many activists argue is an increasingly confrontational environment?

25 June

The REF’s formal assessment of the impact of academic work was highly controversial in theory: how did it play out in practice?

19 February

The literary theorist talks about his 50-year career, the importance of low-minded virtues and the double act of Christianity and communism

8 January

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

11 December

Managerial fundamentalism has taken hold in universities, with scholars viewed as resources that must be controlled, argues the Warwick scholar

4 December