Industrial Strategy Commission: it is time to address UK’s major regional inequalities
Commission’s final report calls for an Office for Strategic Economic Management to ensure sound regional economic policy, writes Andy Westwood
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Clarity is urgently needed on the next EU research funding framework
The new commission must answer the big questions without delay and consult universities, say Jan Palmowski and Kurt Deketelaere
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A UK university strike now risks being futile and counterproductive
Avoiding layoffs is the issue of the hour. The?UCU would do better to prioritise negotiations on pay-related issues such as workload, says?Jak Peake
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The UK’s industrial strategy can manufacture a new breed of Victorians
By focusing on collaboration as much as funding levels, technological progress can spearhead national prosperity?and self-confidence, says Angus Horner
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Thierry Coulhon: France’s mega-universities ‘had to happen’
Former Macron adviser, president of leading engineering institution IP Paris, believes his academics are embracing the Idex model
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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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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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Industrial strategy: stop polarising ‘vocational’ and ‘academic’ students
As UK prime minister Theresa May launches her new industrial strategy, Sir?Keith?Burnett reflects on how education needs to change if the UK is to succeed?
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Risk of compulsory redundancies as 170 staff face axe at UEA
Announcement follows the departure of 400 staff members last year as efforts to close budget black hole continue
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What problem are you really trying to solve with TNE? Are you sure?
Universities often say they are pursuing transnational education for both love and money. But that can make for a strategic muddle, warns Stephen Thomas
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Strategy under attack
THE government's higher education strategy has been attacked for encouraging undergraduate vocationalism at the expense of the real graduate qualities valued by industry. In this month's edition of...
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Money should not be the only KEF metric
England’s?Knowledge Exchange Framework unfairly marks down an arts cluster whose impact is?not directly reflected in?cash, says Michelle Phillips
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Labour’s first budget can help universities deliver regional impact
Devolving research and skills funding to metro mayors would allow universities to drive innovation-led economic growth, says Neal Juster
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The darker side of the ‘smart’ university
New book raises concerns about?how increasing digital surveillance on campuses reproduces racial and economic injustices
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Ed Byrne: Western gloom over HE hasn’t pervaded Saudi optimism
New president of ‘Caltech of Middle East’ explains why Saudi belief in universities’ ability to transform society persuaded him to lead KAUST