Chris Parr
@chrisjparr.bsky.social
Award-winning education journalist. Senior editor, Research Professional News. Formerly Times Higher Education.
Non-award-winning musician.
Non-award-winning musician.
Been working with the @resprofnews.bsky.social team for a while on the 2025 Research Offices of the Future report. Great to see it go live today (see first reply for link to the report).
Here's a blog for @clarivateag.bsky.social with some of the main findings: clarivate.com/academia-gov...
Here's a blog for @clarivateag.bsky.social with some of the main findings: clarivate.com/academia-gov...
November 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Been working with the @resprofnews.bsky.social team for a while on the 2025 Research Offices of the Future report. Great to see it go live today (see first reply for link to the report).
Here's a blog for @clarivateag.bsky.social with some of the main findings: clarivate.com/academia-gov...
Here's a blog for @clarivateag.bsky.social with some of the main findings: clarivate.com/academia-gov...
Trac says unis lose money on research funded by private firms.
KCL v-c, Shitij Kapur: “That’s like taking tuition fee money & giving it to a large private corporation...why do universities lose money when they’re doing research on a contract?”
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KCL v-c, Shitij Kapur: “That’s like taking tuition fee money & giving it to a large private corporation...why do universities lose money when they’re doing research on a contract?”
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November 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Trac says unis lose money on research funded by private firms.
KCL v-c, Shitij Kapur: “That’s like taking tuition fee money & giving it to a large private corporation...why do universities lose money when they’re doing research on a contract?”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-he-govern...
KCL v-c, Shitij Kapur: “That’s like taking tuition fee money & giving it to a large private corporation...why do universities lose money when they’re doing research on a contract?”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-he-govern...
Malcolm Press, Man Met VC and UUK president at #GoingGlobal2025: "Transactional education [represents] a growing opportunity to strengthen what we can do [as universities]."
October 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Malcolm Press, Man Met VC and UUK president at #GoingGlobal2025: "Transactional education [represents] a growing opportunity to strengthen what we can do [as universities]."
Universities minister Jacqui Smith at #GoingGlobal2025: Resources are “finite”, so we need to deliver education in the “most sustainable and effective way”.
"We are proud of our world class universities...we will provide new income" at a time of financial challenge. A reference to fee rise.
"We are proud of our world class universities...we will provide new income" at a time of financial challenge. A reference to fee rise.
October 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Universities minister Jacqui Smith at #GoingGlobal2025: Resources are “finite”, so we need to deliver education in the “most sustainable and effective way”.
"We are proud of our world class universities...we will provide new income" at a time of financial challenge. A reference to fee rise.
"We are proud of our world class universities...we will provide new income" at a time of financial challenge. A reference to fee rise.
Scott McDonald, British Council ceo, speaking at #GoingGlobal2025. "HE without the freedom to question, research and debate is not really HE," he says.
He's recently back from Kyiv, Ukraine, where the BC's office was damaged by Russian missiles.
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He's recently back from Kyiv, Ukraine, where the BC's office was damaged by Russian missiles.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Scott McDonald, British Council ceo, speaking at #GoingGlobal2025. "HE without the freedom to question, research and debate is not really HE," he says.
He's recently back from Kyiv, Ukraine, where the BC's office was damaged by Russian missiles.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
He's recently back from Kyiv, Ukraine, where the BC's office was damaged by Russian missiles.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
October 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Great day 1 at the Hidden REF Festival 2025.
Really friendly vibe, and really interesting discussions about non-traditional research outputs. @hiddenref.bsky.social
Write-up: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Really friendly vibe, and really interesting discussions about non-traditional research outputs. @hiddenref.bsky.social
Write-up: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
October 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Great day 1 at the Hidden REF Festival 2025.
Really friendly vibe, and really interesting discussions about non-traditional research outputs. @hiddenref.bsky.social
Write-up: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Really friendly vibe, and really interesting discussions about non-traditional research outputs. @hiddenref.bsky.social
Write-up: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Excellent address by the Uni of Liverpool's Natalie Wallis at #HiddenREF festival (@hiddenref.bsky.social). Report to follow.
In the meantime, here's something Wallis wrote for @resprofnews.bsky.social recently on non-traditional research outputs:
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
In the meantime, here's something Wallis wrote for @resprofnews.bsky.social recently on non-traditional research outputs:
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
October 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Excellent address by the Uni of Liverpool's Natalie Wallis at #HiddenREF festival (@hiddenref.bsky.social). Report to follow.
In the meantime, here's something Wallis wrote for @resprofnews.bsky.social recently on non-traditional research outputs:
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
In the meantime, here's something Wallis wrote for @resprofnews.bsky.social recently on non-traditional research outputs:
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...
Excited to be at day 1 of the Hidden REF festival (@hiddenref.bsky.social).
Fair to say it's an interesting time for research assessment. #hiddenref
Fair to say it's an interesting time for research assessment. #hiddenref
October 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Excited to be at day 1 of the Hidden REF festival (@hiddenref.bsky.social).
Fair to say it's an interesting time for research assessment. #hiddenref
Fair to say it's an interesting time for research assessment. #hiddenref
Rising UK visa fees have forced research-intensive universities into spending hundreds of thousands of pounds extra to recruit international staff over the last two years—with costs at individual institutions reaching as high as £2 million a year.
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October 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Rising UK visa fees have forced research-intensive universities into spending hundreds of thousands of pounds extra to recruit international staff over the last two years—with costs at individual institutions reaching as high as £2 million a year.
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Keir Starmer: "I don't think the way we currently measure success in education. That ambition to get 50% of kids to uni. I don't think that's right for our times."
#Lab25
#Lab25
September 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Keir Starmer: "I don't think the way we currently measure success in education. That ambition to get 50% of kids to uni. I don't think that's right for our times."
#Lab25
#Lab25
Nice to be in Liverpool in the sunshine for #LabourConference. Big difference from last year's downpours (so far 🤞). #Lab25
September 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Nice to be in Liverpool in the sunshine for #LabourConference. Big difference from last year's downpours (so far 🤞). #Lab25
QR drops by 16.5% in 15 years, Russell Group warns.
@sophieatrpn.bsky.social reports on worrying trends in QR and HEIF funding.
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@sophieatrpn.bsky.social reports on worrying trends in QR and HEIF funding.
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September 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
QR drops by 16.5% in 15 years, Russell Group warns.
@sophieatrpn.bsky.social reports on worrying trends in QR and HEIF funding.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
@sophieatrpn.bsky.social reports on worrying trends in QR and HEIF funding.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Asked if the political upheaval of the last week will delay the publication of the eagerly awaited post-16 white paper, skills minister Jacqui Smith says "I very much hope not".
September 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Asked if the political upheaval of the last week will delay the publication of the eagerly awaited post-16 white paper, skills minister Jacqui Smith says "I very much hope not".
Andreas Schleicher, OECD Director for Education and Skills, showing that the UK is bottom when it comes to the share of expenditure on HE coming from government sources.
September 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Andreas Schleicher, OECD Director for Education and Skills, showing that the UK is bottom when it comes to the share of expenditure on HE coming from government sources.
A pleasure to be at the launch of the 2025 OECD Education at a Glance report.
Coverage here: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u... (via @sophieatrpn.bsky.social)
Coverage here: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u... (via @sophieatrpn.bsky.social)
September 9, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A pleasure to be at the launch of the 2025 OECD Education at a Glance report.
Coverage here: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u... (via @sophieatrpn.bsky.social)
Coverage here: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u... (via @sophieatrpn.bsky.social)
The education secretary Bridget Phillipson visited just two universities in her first eight months in the role, Research Professional News can reveal, following a protracted freedom of information request process.
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August 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The education secretary Bridget Phillipson visited just two universities in her first eight months in the role, Research Professional News can reveal, following a protracted freedom of information request process.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
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20 universities generated more than 1 million kWhs of renewable energy in 2023-24.
Source: www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-ana...
Source: www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-ana...
July 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
20 universities generated more than 1 million kWhs of renewable energy in 2023-24.
Source: www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-ana...
Source: www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-ana...
Pleased my @resprofnews.bsky.social report from #Metascience2025, where @crsugimoto.bsky.social gave a concerning overview of the research picture in the US, being picked up in the Financial Times.
Here is the original report in full (free to read): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
Here is the original report in full (free to read): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
July 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Pleased my @resprofnews.bsky.social report from #Metascience2025, where @crsugimoto.bsky.social gave a concerning overview of the research picture in the US, being picked up in the Financial Times.
Here is the original report in full (free to read): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
Here is the original report in full (free to read): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
Delighted to be at #Metascience2025 today. Fantastic first plenary underway on the science of science. Themes include the changing face of science and its current (in many ways troubling) direction.
July 1, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Delighted to be at #Metascience2025 today. Fantastic first plenary underway on the science of science. Themes include the changing face of science and its current (in many ways troubling) direction.
Susan Lapworth, OfS CEO at #HepiAC25, confirming that the regulator will start registering new providers again from August as planned.
Says she wants to make process easier for quality providers to move smoothly through, and also easier for OfS to see who is "not quite ready" to register yet.
Says she wants to make process easier for quality providers to move smoothly through, and also easier for OfS to see who is "not quite ready" to register yet.
June 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Susan Lapworth, OfS CEO at #HepiAC25, confirming that the regulator will start registering new providers again from August as planned.
Says she wants to make process easier for quality providers to move smoothly through, and also easier for OfS to see who is "not quite ready" to register yet.
Says she wants to make process easier for quality providers to move smoothly through, and also easier for OfS to see who is "not quite ready" to register yet.
Jonathan Neves, head of research & surveys at AdvanceHE, presenting the Student Academic Experience Survey to #HEPIAC25. Says increase in % of students doing paid work is "stark & significant" this year.
Coverage from this morning. Free to read:
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Coverage from this morning. Free to read:
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
June 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Jonathan Neves, head of research & surveys at AdvanceHE, presenting the Student Academic Experience Survey to #HEPIAC25. Says increase in % of students doing paid work is "stark & significant" this year.
Coverage from this morning. Free to read:
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Coverage from this morning. Free to read:
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Commons education committee has announced it is to launch an inquiry into university finances.
Surprised it has taken this long, but definitely welcome.
Here's me talking to committee chair Helen Hayes about it last month in the Playbook:
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Surprised it has taken this long, but definitely welcome.
Here's me talking to committee chair Helen Hayes about it last month in the Playbook:
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-he-govern...
June 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Commons education committee has announced it is to launch an inquiry into university finances.
Surprised it has taken this long, but definitely welcome.
Here's me talking to committee chair Helen Hayes about it last month in the Playbook:
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-he-govern...
Surprised it has taken this long, but definitely welcome.
Here's me talking to committee chair Helen Hayes about it last month in the Playbook:
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-he-govern...
At the @hepi-news.bsky.social annual conference in London today. A packed room as ever. Reports to follow. #Hepiac25
June 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
At the @hepi-news.bsky.social annual conference in London today. A packed room as ever. Reports to follow. #Hepiac25
From yesterday's 8am Playbook. A very close one, but @mgmcquillan.bsky.social just about called it.
May 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
From yesterday's 8am Playbook. A very close one, but @mgmcquillan.bsky.social just about called it.