In full: Jo Johnson speech to the Hefce annual conference 2017
Transcript of the speech delivered by Jo Johnson, universities and science minister, at the 2017 annual conference of the Higher Education Funding Council for England
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The week in higher education – 12 October 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Andrew Adonis wants to keep people like me out of politics
Removing university status from post-92 institutions would disproportionately impact already marginalised and vulnerable social groups, says Ben Whitham
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Jo Johnson plans for KEF to measure knowledge exchange
Framework to measure university-business links would follow TEF and REF
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UK’s MillionPlus and ߣߣÊÓƵ’s RUN to collaborate on policy
Link comes as nation’s two sectors face potential major upheaval
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Mature and part-time students: the real crisis of the high fees era
In the past six years, the number of new part-time students in England has fallen by 56 per cent, writes Peter Horrocks
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Lotfi Zadeh, 1921-2017
Father of ‘fuzzy logic’ remembered
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How will interdisciplinarity be assessed in the REF?
The research excellence framework’s panels will look at factors including adventurousness, disciplinary diversity and methodological clarity, predicts Martin Willis
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Interview with Suzie Imber
The Leicester space physicist on winning Astronauts, exploring uncharted mountains, and scientists’ social skills
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Value-added working is less taxing
Focusing on your own priorities makes it possible to enjoy an easier and more productive working life, says Mark Reed
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Scientists must push to end the reefer madness
Squeamishness about advocacy is out of date. Evidence and freedom of enquiry must be defended, says Aymen Idris
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Nobel prizes 2017: panel honours advancements to science
Scientific developments from the microscopic to intergalactic deemed worthy of this year’s awards
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‘I understand anger over v-c pay’, says new Cambridge head
Institution’s Canadian leader tackles executive remuneration, Brexit and diversifying the university’s student intake in THE interview
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Leading a double life: academics with extraordinary second careers
Academic work is typically all-consuming, but some scholars still manage to combine some eye-catching sidelines with their day jobs. Here, five tell their stories
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Sacrifice: My Life in a Fascist Militia, by Alessandro Orsini
A study of far-right fringe groups in Italy is too forgiving and uncritical, says R. J. B. Bosworth