Here are some previous opinion pieces that I have written.
Sept 2016: On the creation of UKRI (in ARMA’s Protagonist magazine); 2016-09 ARMA Protagonist UKRI
Sept 2016: About the Stern review of the REF (in Research Fortnight); 2016-09 Res Fortnight Stern Review
Nov 2019: On the political situation (in ARMA’s Protagonist magazine); 2019-11 ARMA Protagonist Politics
Oct 2020: Looking forward to the next REF review (in ARMA’s Protagonist magazine); 2020-10 ARMA Protagonist REF Review
Apr 2021: The future of RMA (in ARMA’s Protagonist magazine); 2021-04 ARMA Protagonist Future of RMA
Oct 2021: Research bureaucracy (in ARMA’s Protagonist magazine); 2021-10 ARMA Protagonist Bureaucracy
Oct 2021: Possible effects of new government strategies on the REF; 2021-10 Future REF