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Graduates owing £60,000 in student loans are right to expect a return on their investment in terms of employability. mark phillips / Alamy Stock Photo

August 10, 2021

What does a degree actually cost – for students and for universities?

Jefferson Frank, Royal Holloway, University of London

With high fees and COVID restrictions in place, student satisfaction in England is on the downturn. How should they think about the value of their studies?

November 12, 2020

Biden’s pivot to science is welcome — Trump only listened to experts when it suited him

Sam Baron, Australian Catholic University

Hopefully, Joe Biden’s presidency will mark the end of using cherry-picked science to suit a political agenda. As Trump’s successor, however, he’s placed in a difficult position.

Funding panels have to sift through reams of high quality applications, and ultimately reject most. Shutterstock

October 30, 2015

The ins and outs of research grant funding committees

Merlin Crossley AM, UNSW

The latest round of research grant funding has been announced, and many worthy researchers have not made the cut. Why?

Academics are under enormous pressure to publish prolifically because this generates subsidies for their universities. Shutterstock

October 23, 2015

Academics must still ‘publish or perish’ under revamped research funding policy

Emanuela Carleschi, University of Johannesburg

A new policy on research outputs and funding will be introduced in South Africa in 2016. But it leaves too much unchanged from the old policy.

Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane (right) wants universities to be more supportive of industry, but without significant funding into research and development, that’s a big ask. AAP

August 13, 2014

Fund R&D, then maybe universities can support industry

John Rice, Griffith University

Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane let his discretion slip this week in a speech to the Queensland Media Club when foreshadowing an upcoming report on research funding and competition. Distancing himself…

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