Keep peer input in REF, urge panels
Experts warn that metrics must not be at the core of future research assessment. John Gill reports
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The week in higher education
David Lammy must be wishing he had turned down the invitation to appear on TV quiz Celebrity Mastermind. The Higher Education Minister was dubbed "Lamentable Lammy" after coming last in the...
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Academics fear PhD quality is slipping
Staff say that pressures to get more students through quickly are harming standards. Phil Baty reports
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A 'taboo' topic is aired on the web
In dispatches from the front line, readers weigh in on the problems plaguing PhDs, writes John Gill
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Staff are more settled as sector salaries improve
Almost a fifth of universities say that the low turnover of staff in the sector was a problem in 2007-08, a joint report from the Universities and Colleges Employers Association, Universities UK and...
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'Data gap should put paid to higher fees'
It would be wrong to raise costs when students can't make informed choices, expert tells John Gill
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UUK weighs up private threat
The threat posed to UK universities by private education providers will be the subject of a major Universities UK research project.The study will follow a report for the UUK by Roger King, former...
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Threatened scheme praised by RAE panels for raising quality of projects
Peer reviewers offer public support to the AHRC's research-sabbatical initiative. John Gill writes
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Daytime TV: Back from the dead
Reincarnation is a theme of Gary Day's viewing over the new year, from former lives to world religions
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Hot research fronts in 2008
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators database
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Practise what you preach
A lack of quantitative analysis and a tendency to avoid policy-based research has left the study of higher education in the doldrums, John Gill hears
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The wizards of Oz
The 'Melbourne model' has prompted universities worldwide to consider broadening undergraduate degrees. But, finds Hannah Fearn, the template does not win over everyone
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The past is a disputed country
Archaeology's ability to reveal the truth untainted by political, cultural and nationalist bias remains a matter for heated debate. Matthew Reisz reports
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8 January 2009
Know thyself? - Higher education still finds it difficult to reflect hard-headedly on its practices