News Article: ‘Back-breaking’ tertiary fund architect agrees it’s time to re-design

“When I realised the implications I was mortified, absolutely mortified and you can imagine how I was regarded by some of my colleagues, as one of my friends at Auckland University said to me in about 2014 or 2015 he said, ‘you realise, Jonathan, you’re the most hated academic in the country’.”

‍Says Jonathan Boston, a key player in the design of the Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF).