235 pieces
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· Comment
How to reward research culture
As Research England commits to further engagement on REF 2028 James Coe takes a look at the debates to come on the people, culture and environment element
· Analysis
ARIA picks its top team
ARIA has appointed its programme directors and James Coe has taken a look at what they’re working on
· Analysis
Horizon Europe: how we got here and what happens next
It has been years in the making but Horizon association has finally happened. James Coe looks at the story of Horizon association and what’s next for the UK’s global science ambitions
· Wonk Corner
Horizon association is close
Horizon association seems close with only a few minor details to resolve
· Comment
Universities and foreign policy summer round up
Universities and their approach to foreign policy has been in the news again this summer. James Coe takes a look back and sets out the international security debates that will shape the year ahead
· Wonk Corner
Peter Kyle goes to shadow DSIT
The MP for Hove takes on the science, innovation and technology brief
· Wonk Corner
Who is getting what from Research England next year?
It is the annual write around from Research England on who is getting what in formula-based grant allocations.
· SUs
How to commission a consultant
James Coe thinks through how to get the best from someone you bring in externally to help in an SU
· Comment
The problems degree apprenticeships won’t solve
In the quest to tackle low-value courses the government has lauded the value of degree apprenticeships. James Coe wonders whether there has been enough discussion about their downsides
· Wonk Corner
Research England budget for university research published
There are no unwelcome surprises in Research England’s funding for research and knowledge exchange in the year ahead.
· Comment
REF is expensive because it’s good value
A new report reveals the true costs of the Research Excellence Framework. At £471m James Coe, thinks it’s a good investment
· Wonk Corner
Horizon association and the next steps
Horizon association is close and James Coe sets out what’s to come
· Wonk Corner
A review of peer review has been published
There is a new report out on peer review and James Coe has reviewed it
· Comment
REF is about incentives not just outcomes
REF 2028 is about incentives not just outcomes and James Coe thinks that could be good for research culture
· Comment
In a less stable world, universities may need to consider themselves as foreign policy actors
James Coe asks if it is time for the sector to look again at the political impacts of the internationalisation agenda
· Comment
REF 2028 could revolutionise research culture
An outline of REF 2028 has been published and James Coe asks what it means for research culture
· Wonk Corner
A letter for Research England from DSIT
The Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology has sent its inaugural letter to UKRI on the operation of Research England for 2023-24.
· Analysis
How millennials are shaping the university workplace
When they’re not rewatching Friends and taking Buzzfeed quizzes millennials are working hard in universities up and down the country. James Coe finds out what a new report from Onward says about his generation at work
· Comment
The idea of a university need not be in opposition to that of a national English identity
Who speaks for England? James Coe wades into the National Conservatism Conference and emerges with thoughts on universities and national identity
· Comment
It’s time to fund KEF
Let’s make knowledge exchange easier with fewer, better funds