Research that doesn't belong to single subject area is deemed 'too risky' | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional

Research that doesn't belong to single subject area is deemed 'too risky' | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional Academics concerned universities are excluding interdisciplinary research from the Research Excellence Framework exercise

Vince Cable's science cuts under fire | Science | guardian.co.uk

Vince Cable's science cuts under fire | Science | guardian.co.uk: "'It's depressing that in one of the most exciting scientific eras humanity has ever seen, Vince Cable had nothing exciting or inspiring to say about government policy in this area" - comment on Government policy on research funding....

Goodbye to blue skies research? | Francis O'Gorman | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Goodbye to blue skies research? | Francis O'Gorman | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: "Goodbye to blue skies research?

The new Research Excellence Framework has some dangerous wording about measuring the 'impact' of academic studies"

Times Higher Education - Opinion: A retrograde step

Times Higher Education - Opinion: A retrograde step
The REF plans are bad news for new universities and promise to negate the fairness and sense apparent in the 2008 RAE, argues Ian M. Marshal - Pro Vice Chancellor for Research at Coventry University