Need for foreign engineers ‘won’t change without fee reform’
University tuition fee freezes seen as key barrier to expansion of domestic IT and engineering workforce, restricting Labour’s goal of meeting skills gaps

University tuition fee freezes seen as key barrier to expansion of domestic IT and engineering workforce, restricting Labour’s goal of meeting skills gaps

The OfS’ recent imposition of its first fines over franchised provision highlighted what some regard as the dark underbelly of UK higher education. But is there really a significant problem in the...

More than 60 per cent increase in income over past two decades masks ‘stagnation’ in collaboration below high-performing institutions, report finds

Isolated domains of academic excellence must transform into dynamic enterprises integrated with local industry and community, says Aleks Subic

Ministers to seek to ensure money used to support high-cost subjects better aligns with priorities for growth

Thousands set to miss out on fund set up by UK government to support companies in traversing the ‘Valley of Death’ between research and commercialisation, universities fear

Edinburgh’s pioneering new framework will allow academics to pursue commercialisation without negative career impact, says?Christina Boswell

For one mid-career academic scientist, precarity is becoming unbearable. But they are too experienced for entry-level industry jobs and not experienced enough for senior ones. They’ve stayed too long...

Growing?cooperation?between institutions to address area’s skills needs a ‘blueprint for rest of UK’, politicians say

Universities mount fightback against further restrictions on international students, emphasising their role in growing the economy and lack of public support for new measures

THE summit in Brazil to explore institutional excellence and sustainability

Amid talk of an asylum crackdown, any policy changes must avoid harming overseas graduates’ post-study work opportunities, says James Pitman

Running an academic?department is, famously, a mixed blessing. Academics cherish their autonomy, and anyone who infringes on it faces a rough ride. But not all academics are difficult, and those who...

Members of national executive committee claim they were ‘prohibited’ from discussion of dispute with staff in Unite union

Robust pipelines, smart validation and continuous observability have enabled us to improve data integrity even as our global rankings have grown, says Loubaba El Wazir