EU’s ‘Bologna 2.0’ vision threatens to leave UK behind
British universities face potential challenges if they are left outside the ‘Sorbonne process’, experts warn
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The week in higher education – 23 November 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Research impact is more than a multimillion-dollar question
Australia’s new impact assessment exercise recognises cultural, social and environmental impacts, but there is a danger that economic impact will override everything, says David Lloyd
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Does the TEF spell the end for quality assurance?
The TEF’s new name may be less misleading, but its incentives remain just as perverse, says Roger Brown
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Who can resist the pleasure of Schadenfreude?
Academic disputes can be acrimonious and unedifying, but victory is always sweet, says Shahidha Bari
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Universities must be places of intellectual discomfort
If the Office for Students ever intervenes over freedom of speech, it will only be to widen it, says Michael Barber
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Tossing and turning: what keeps university staff awake?
Academics and professional staff reveal the things that prey on their minds at 2am
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A University Education, by David Willetts
Book of the week: His passion is evident, his work prodigious, but an ex-minister has blind spots that trouble Nigel Thrift
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UK higher education remains largely unmoved by market forces
Faith in private-sector innovation has driven Conservative reforms under both Willetts and Johnson – but is that really what universities need?
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Laurie Taylor – 23 November 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Basic income: all roads lead back to the REF
I was intrigued by the proposals on basic research income, as, I expect, were any researchers whose individual income is below the mean (“‘Basic income’ to fund research”, News, 12 October). The idea...
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Shortfall short shrift
There is no “financial shortfall” in the Universities Superannuation Scheme (“Strike looms as universities seek end to USS defined benefit deal”, News, 17 November). What we have is a ludicrous...