May's Industrial Strategy Green Paper must get it right on education
Theresa May's industrial strategy must address the gap between education and skills, writes Andy Westwood
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Universities’ digital transformation will be focus of next THE forum
Topics including strategising, the benefits of online learning, and international research will be explored in conversations across two virtual stagesÂ
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Australia needs an international education champion, too
Appointing Sir Steve Smith to spearhead the UK’s strategy could see Australia lose ground, warns Tim Dunne
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Cutting corners on cybersecurity can leave costly holes
Ransomware victims must either line the pockets of criminals or face the financial penalties and PR disaster of a data breach, says Chris Cobb
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Interview with Sanjeev Khagram
The child refugee and business prodigy discusses racial prejudice and personal perseverance, and the prospects for Kamala Harris
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Will China’s enrolment expansion devalue postgraduate degrees?
Falling staff-student ratios and low quality in some graduate programmes are prompting concern that more will mean worse, says Zhang Ruomei
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Germany’s unique work-study system creaks under pandemic strain
Germany has tradition of student placements in firms and universities, but coronavirus lay-offs highlight lack of state support for living costs
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Universities and society will only recover from Covid-19 through civic engagement
Economic revival in the wake of the pandemic will require all sections of society to play their part, says Janet Beer
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Research will suffer if community ties neglected, letter warns
Plea comes amid concerns that UK’s post-Covid research plans have yet to adequately map out non-commercial engagement Â
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Curbing student complaints caused by Covid-19
Universities must ensure students are satisfied with Covid-19 contingency plans to offset complaints and requests for refunds, argues Susan Matthews
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Rethink funding reforms, Australian government told
Proposed university funding changes are unnecessarily complex and ‘rife with unintended consequences’, laureate professors say
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UNSW is set apart by blend of pragmatism and compassion
The Sydney university’s roots in the aftermath of the Second World War means the institution is used to being practical, inclusive and unwilling to compromise on standards, says Ian Jacobs
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Ottoline Leyser: ‘I’m not going to pussyfoot about’
New UKRI chief executive tells THE she hopes to shift science incentives away from the model of an ‘Einstein figure’ lone genius
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Chile’s Covid-19 response displays importance of collaboration
Institutions and scholars must serve society, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile was more than willing to join efforts to tackle the country’s coronavirus outbreak, says Pedro Bouchon
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Pandemic prompts lifelong-learning pivot and 500 job losses at UNSW
Australian university’s financial problems force a restructure and 500 redundancies, but vice-chancellor stresses opportunity in adversity