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ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 18 May issue of Research Fortnight

ViewSense and sensitivity

David Willetts assesses the progress made by this year’s Research Excellence Framework

ViewREF’s call

Ivory Tower: Who is leaving a message for the REF team?

ViewLast week’s poll results point to a 2024 general election

Local election results hint at new trends for UK politics and higher education

ViewLooking for answers

Michael Draper argues that essay mills are not the only challenge universities face around assessment

ViewThe Big Results Show

Ivory Tower: all the results as they come in across the country

ViewMake this REF the last

Global forces now drive the changes that national evaluations sought to promote, says Jonathan Adams

ViewBook review: Beyond the Hype by Fiona Fox

Daniel Cressey reads an insider’s take on the relationship between research and journalism

ViewPI or bust? Postdocs need more options

Team science demands career paths beyond principal investigator, say John Walsh and You-Na Lee

ViewLucky to have them

Efforts to support Ukraine’s academics must mark a new era of help

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 4 May issue of Research Fortnight

ViewUniversities’ reliance on free labour is unsustainable

Work serving the broader academy shouldn’t be forced into evenings and weekends, says Marcus Munafò

ViewLet’s get together

Michael Priestley explains why universities should pay more attention to improving students’ social lives

View24 Hours in HE: Spring Breaking

Ivory Tower: our fly-on-the-wall documentary is back for the remains of the academic year

ViewIn depth: The dispute over pay and conditions

Chris Parr looks at the latest developments in staff and employer negotiations over pay

ViewDemand, meet supply

Andrew Hargreaves worries that new higher education institutions could level down as well as up

ViewFive blindspots in UK R&D policy

Paul Nurse’s latest review must tackle the issues its predecessors overlooked, says Geoff Mulgan

ViewAn impossible choice

ERC grant winners’ dilemma shows research careers in a damaging light

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 13 April issue of Research Fortnight

ViewAgents of hope

Simon Perfect considers the role of university chaplains after the pandemic

ViewNational hunt

Ivory Tower: Higher Education and Research’s big day at the races

ViewCan innovation districts be more inclusive?

City-centre developments need social missions from the start, say Alina Kadyrova and colleagues

ViewProviding sanctuary

Rebecca Murray and Maryam Taher suggest how universities can help those fleeing Ukraine

ViewPhone cases

Ivory Tower: Who is leaving a message for the Office for Students?

ViewJust the first two years

No immunity means no libraries, no travel and no end in sight, writes Martin Eve

ViewPath from the pandemic: Take off the blinkers

Before the next new disease strikes, policymakers must stop neglecting social science, says Martyn Pickersgill

ViewIntangible economy demands a broader view of R&D

Focus on funding overlooks many levers for innovation policy, say Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake

ViewThe third degree

Back page gossip from the 30 March issue of Research Fortnight

ViewPath from the Pandemic: Two years on

Change is still needed for a better post-pandemic future

ViewPath from the Pandemic: After Covid

Debra Humphris identifies how universities can power the recovery from the pandemic