The UK’s industrial strategy: what will it mean for universities?
New approach calls research crucial to raising productivity, but there is a shift in focus to industrial challenges
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The developing world needs more specialist universities
Pakistan’s labour shortages illustrate that well-rounded graduates also need to be properly prepared for specific industries, says Tahir Shah
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Don’t fear failure, KAIST leader tells Korean students
New president sets ambitious financial and internationalisation goals
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Tory ex-minister warns PM against ‘devastating’ UK research cuts
Cutting existing research budgets by up to £2 billion would put ‘science superpower’ aim at risk, Greg Clark tells Boris Johnson
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The UK needs a German lesson in levelling up
To coordinate research translation, a new organisation is needed that isn’t tied to one university but is linked to all, says Keith RidgwayÂ
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Extra research cash to fund UK’s Horizon Europe participation
Cost of associating to EU programme coming from BEIS budget, but £250 million injection topped up from other sources
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Why is the UK government considering a huge cut to research?
John Morgan looks at why UK research faces crisis over Horizon Europe funding under government that wants ‘science superpower’ status
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Radical rethink of UK’s excellence frameworks is needed
Merging metrics for the REF, KEF and TEF would free up time for academics to become researchers once again, says Robert MacIntosh
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Independent scrutiny ‘key to success of UK industrial strategy’
White Paper draws ‘line under’ past failings on applied research policy, says academic
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Did Australian universities ride the international gravy train too far?
With overseas enrolments hitting the buffers during the pandemic, debate rages over whether higher education’s excessive reliance on this income stream is self-inflicted – and how universities can...
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UK’s cut to research funding from overseas aid hits 70 per cent
Allocation of £422 million last year cut to £125 million this year
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A crack in the foundations
International student mobility was the rock on which universities built their empire. With Covid turning prior certainties into unknowns, what now?
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UKRI: most aid-funded research grants face axe after budget cut
Funder says it is unlikely to be able to support ‘majority’ of awards beyond July, and will be unable to approve new applications
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Teaching intelligence: why implement student co-creation?
Anna McKie talks to three experts about the benefits of embedding the concept of students co-creating their own learning
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Australia’s higher education sector must be segmented
Different university groupings should have strong, distinctive capabilities that address specific markets, says John H. Howard