In Features this morning

As the debate over international comparisons and the merits of metrics over peer review hots up, John Byron (QUT)  asks if the ARC needs to reform Excellence for Research in Australia or just give it a rest, so researchers can “get on with, you know, researching.”

plus Franziska Trede and Sonal Singh UTS) make the case for “concrete action to create university cultures that enable all students and dismantle structural inequality in higher education. This week’s selection by Commissioning Editor Sally Kift for her celebrated series, Needed now in teaching and learning.

and James Guthrie (Macquarie U) and Brendan Parker (RMIT) add an accounting perspective to the debate on using peer review in the next edition of Excellence for Research in Australia. Universities with staff publishing in the same journals can receive very different ratings –  they demonstrate