September 2022

  • Strikes, skills and robo-research

    Research Research England has commissioned a study of whether artificial intelligence could be used to predict the quality of research outputs based on analysis of journal abstracts, in a move that could potentially remove the need for peer review from...

  • Reshuffles, blended learning and funding lotteries

    Politics Although we have a new Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Education (Kit Malthouse), in the Cabinet reshuffle, it looks as if Andrea Jenkyns, just reappointed to the Department for Education, has been retained as Minister for Higher...

  • Weekly Digest 01/09/2022

    Quality England is still searching for a trusted and independent body to take on the role of assessing quality in English higher education. Rankings This year’s THE World University Rankings launch on 12 October.  Next year’s rankings will see some...