What does the UK’s new industrial strategy mean for universities?
It is unclear what Theresa May’s policy will mean in practice, but it could draw universities into the heart of economic planning
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Third of students don’t think degree will land them higher wages
Employment prospects?the main?motivation for half of students with satisfaction levels dented by high fees and low contact hours
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Trump’s DEI crackdown ‘could block US-UK research collaborations’
‘No academic friend of mine is not deeply worried about this,’ says scholar
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Only a nationwide strike can stem the carnage in UK higher education
Limiting industrial action to defensive branch battles on redundancy is not enough.?We need to politically challenge the HE funding model, says Rhiannon Lockley
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Can UK universities find the high road to economic growth?
The long-mooted Oxford-Cambridge corridor is one avenue chancellor Rachel Reeves intends to pursue in search of a way out of the economic doldrums. But where does her focus on existing strengths...
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Scaling up what we already know and have will not secure Europe’s future
The new commission’s competitiveness compass is shockingly deficient in its approach to research, says Jan Palmowski
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‘Don’t judge me on size of research budget,’ Vallance tells MPs
Science minister tells?Commons?committee that he is more interested in maximising impact of science spending than increasing?total outlay, as he emphasises need to get visa policies ‘right’
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Wait for Innovate UK chief raises doubts over funder’s future
Year-long succession process and budget delays have prompted speculation over possible reforms to ?1 billion UK innovation research agency
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‘Recommit’ to QR research funding, Imperial president urges UK
Hugh Brady warns 16 per cent fall in real-terms value of recurrent grant funding ‘threatens the very foundations of British science’
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Sector fears ‘attack’ on European Research Council autonomy
European Commission-published Competitiveness Compass raises fears of political interference
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DeepSeek harnesses links with Chinese universities in talent war
Tech platform chief is proponent of locally grown AI talent, as Asian superpower focuses on industry-academia collaboration
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UKRI’s collective leadership helps UK research transcend zero-sum thinking
The number of staff in roles serving the whole of UKRI is not evidence of centralisation, top-down control or added bureaucracy, says Ottoline Leyser
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China hopes for increased cross-border scientific collaboration
New strategy encourages partnerships between Chinese and foreign universities as US institutions shutter joint projects?
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New research partners selected to boost South Korean industry
Companies will partner with global institutions under a government plan to speed up the development of new technologies and boost international collaboration
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Willetts to make funding announcements in industrial strategy speech
The results of a new method of distributing money for bioscience institutes based on their contribution to strategic programmes and national capacity have been announced by the government.