Leading departments face cuts under ‘unnoticed’ REF funding shift
More details emerge of how sharp rise in quality outputs and tweak to funding formula are hitting institutions
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The week in higher education – 16 February 2023
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Dollars trump diversity in international student recruitment
Focus on volume risks harming student experience and hoped-for revenues may not materialise, report warns
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Students offered blended learning ‘less likely to drop out’
Advance HE survey finds retention rates have recovered after the easing of Covid restrictions, with students also happier with levels of staff engagement
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Interview with Roland Ferkovics
The advocate and project manager talks about his Roma identity and problems with Hungarian higher education
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How should ߣߣÊÓƵ address students’ cost-of-living crisis?
Spiking inflation and an accommodation squeeze are eroding students’ already meagre means. As a major review of higher education begins, John Ross examines reforms that would allow students to keep...
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Providers must submit to regulation – and the OfS to proportionality
Hopes that a new regulator would bring light-touch, proportionate regulation in England have been dashed, says Iain Mansfield
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Linda Mills named NYU’s first female president
Domestic violence expert and film director becomes latest in line of women heading major US institutions
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‘Missing’ family education data linked to single parent households
Numbers of students unable to say if parents had studied could point to need to rethink representation questions, says Hesa
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NIH ban on hyperlinks in grant bids fails to click with scholars
US’ leading basic research funder says links in grant applications compromise security and fairness, but scientists call the ban antiquated
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US tests new school-university partnerships
Colleges hope that disadvantaged students might do better if their school counselors are given a chance to come along with them
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Scholar cleared of Islamophobia says Bristol caved in to students
Steven Greer says students who accused him of laughing at the Koran should be sanctioned
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Kaoru Mitoma: can you study your way to being a better athlete?
Japanese winger’s former professor helps assess how much of his success can be attributed to a thesis on dribbling
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Undermining board independence in Florida sets a dangerous precedent
Ron DeSantis’ appointment of political operators as trustees risks compromising universities’ pursuit of the truth, says Richard JosephÂ
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Racism repair in US science tied to ‘gatekeepers’
Answering congressional call after George Floyd killing, National Academies’ expert panel sees value in pressuring those controlling resources