Leadership & Management Summit: call for declaration to protect staff well-being Elsevier vice-president calls for manifesto on well-being signed by institutions so researchers are not seen as ‘paper-producing machines’ Anna McKie 10月 26日
Assess GCSE entry bar impact on health workforce, ministers urged Data suggest that high proportion of entrants to subjects like nursing are mature learners who took access routes Simon Baker 10月 26日
Leadership & Management Summit: universities ‘too indulgent’ towards online behaviour Director of SOAS University of London leads calls suggesting it might be time for university associations to step in Rosa Ellis 10月 25日
Leadership & Management Summit: HE heads caution against sector focus on short-term gains Emphasis on student earning outcomes risks overlooking the bigger picture, say academics Pola Lem 10月 25日
EU and UK ‘breaking promise’ on post-Brexit research ties Continuing delays on Horizon Europe association could strengthen hand of Westminster figures who were ‘never that enamoured’ about joining John Morgan 10月 25日
Cutting mathematics funding would betray the future The UK government’s £300 million funding pledge must be confirmed in the spending review, and departmental closures must stop, says Jon Keating Jon Keating 10月 25日
Philip Jones: The Trick’s Jason Watkins ‘does his research’ University of East Anglia researcher impressed by on-screen portrayal in climate science drama Matthew Reisz 10月 23日
Clark to PM: don’t fiddle the figures on science spending pledge Commons committee chair also raises concerns about UKRI chair’s lobbying of ministers ahead of spending review Chris Havergal 10月 22日
Compassionate leadership is the only way to keep university communities united University leadership is in crisis, with some institutions facing significant reputational damage, but higher education can become a model of compassion, says Michael West Michael West 10月 22日
UCU: Zahawi must be ‘voice for students’ against loan costs hike Union urges education secretary to intervene on student loan changes and to press university bosses into talking on disputes John Morgan 10月 22日
Can researchers navigate the ethical minefield of protest trials? Dealing with activists in legal jeopardy requires extra attention to ethical concerns, say protesters Jack Grove 10月 21日
Redraw research success measures to back levelling-up, says v-c Research funding increase must come with ‘place-based ecosystem’ or it will not boost productivity, says Hepi report co-authored by Lincoln leader John Morgan 10月 21日