The REF must face up to reproduction’s true impact on academics

With such wide disagreements in grading, the research excellence framework’s gravity for careers is unjustifiable, says Philip Moriarty

27 June

The UK’s research excellence framework is slow, expensive and disruptive. The time and technology is ripe for a better alternative, says James Tooley

11 April

Forcing academics on to teaching-only contracts based on flawed assessments of their research is ruining careers, an anonymous academic says

3 January

The research excellence framework’s reliance on hasty peer review by generalists limits sample size and accuracy, three academics argue

4 October

More account must be taken of pregnancy, assisted fertility and miscarriage, say Christina Hellmich and Marina Della Giusta