University reputations: will teachers pay the price?

<P>With student fees trebling in the last year, universities all say they are focusing on the "student experience". But academics at some universities warn that the race for research status is pushing good teachers into the shadows.</P>
<P>University managers are currently deliberating over which academics to submit to the government's game-changing research funding competition, the Research Excellence Framework, at the end of this year. The stakes are high. The

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