With uncertainty surrounding the UK’s association to Horizon Europe and a resurgence of COVID-19 cases threatening to cause more chaos when terms start afresh in September, academics could be forgiven for wanting to block out all thoughts of the current state of the higher education sector.
But the summer months provide a useful chance for reflection and the British Academy has taken the opportunity to publish a new report examining one crucial aspect of the higher education sector: the balance between academics’ teaching and research activities.
The Teaching-Research Nexus summarises the findings of a long-running study into the nature and value of the relationship between teaching and research and identifies a range of possible solutions for nurturing a closer and more positive relationship between the two.
