238 pieces
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· Comment
Specialised, consolidated and mission-focused: a new model for mergers emerges
Why merge and why now? James Coe deconstructs the big news on King’s College London and Cranfield University
· Wonk Corner
King’s College London and Cranfield to merge
Everything we know so far about this latest sector merger
· Comment
Expensive, time consuming, and unpopular – why is it so hard to end grant funding peer review?
Peer review of grant funding is time consuming, expensive, inefficient and yet seemingly invulnerable. James Coe looks to a new report for a door out of the gilded cage
· Comment
Culture isn’t about economic growth until it is
Culture isn’t about economic growth but sometimes it is economic arguments that secure its future. James Coe squares this very big circle
· Comment
Lessons from Belgrade on UK research
James Coe has been on his travels and has lessons from Serbia on the future of UK research
· Wonk Corner
Each region is different and policy making should reflect that
The country is more complicated than London and the regions. Policy making should reflect that
· Comment
Economic growth is good but what kind and where is also important
James Coe and Sarah Chaytor look at systems, regions and specialisation in their update on the commission on research for better economic growth
With Sarah Chaytor
· Wonk Corner
Research Capital Investment Fund cuts ahead
There will be other capital funding for research, but RCIF will shift to funding maintenence and upkeep of existing facilities only.
· Comment
Introducing the commission on research for better economic growth
James Coe and Sarah Chaytor launch the brand new commission on research for better economic growth
With Sarah Chaytor
· Comment
Jacqui Smith’s secret service
Universities are at the forefront of global campaigns for influence and power. James Coe unpacks limitations of new guidance when it comes to spies, spying, and state interference
· Comment
Why research communications needs more politics
James Coe unpacks how more attention to political communications can make the whole research funding debate better
· Wonk Corner
UKRI’s funding changes explained
The latest on UKRI’s great grant pause and changes at STFC
· Comment
The Hickson review on university-investor links makes the case for commercialisation as a team sport
Tony Hickson’s review into university-investor links is out and James Coe finds much to like on how culture, capital, and coordination can fuel the economy
· Comment
Effective finance governance is about balancing high quality data with managing existential uncertainty
To govern higher education finances, you need to understand the story behind the data and be prepared to cope with an unknowable future. James Coe talks to the finance leaders with the nerves of steel
· Comment
Connecting, devolving and prioritising innovation – it’s the Northern Growth Strategy
A new strategy about growth, the North, and research assets has landed – James Coe reports on all his Christmases coming at once
· Policy Watch
The great UKRI budget shake-up
The next four years of research funding will be organised in a very different way. Michael Salmon and James Coe explore how
With Michael Salmon
· Policy Watch
Everything you need to know about REF 2029
James Coe has all the details on the big REF 2029 announcements
· Comment
A change in approach means research may never be the same again
A new dawn has broken has it not? James Coe looks at the politics of the government’s new approach to research and a change of direction for UKRI
· Comment
Change the incentives to change the economy
James Coe unpacks the incentives underpinning the government’s specialisation agenda
· Comment
Purpose, strategy, and operations in that order – how to make a federation work
James Coe takes us through the past, present, and future of university federations as a model for higher education reform