Universities’ expert input is needed far beyond government departments
Policy institutes’ lack of strategic variation risks overheating the competition for airtime with national policymakers, says Diana Beech
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University of East Anglia union calls strike ballot over job cuts
With up to 190 staff members at risk of losing their jobs, UCU says managers must rule out compulsory redundancies
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Back ?2 billion plan for engineering biology, UK ministers urged
Lack of joined-up thinking and decline in funding has seen UK fall behind rivals, says House of Lords report
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‘Dire consequences’: colleges in crossfire of Trump visa debate
Debates centring?around H-1B worker visa and OPT programme for international graduates could have significant impact on overseas enrolment
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‘Rhodes Scholarships for AI’ backed under UK action plan
Labour’s wholehearted support for Aria chair Matt Clifford’s artificial intelligence blueprint promises more funding for scholarships and fellowships
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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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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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Will 2025 be better after UK higher education’s annus horribilis?
2024 saw swathes of jobs cuts amid concerns about universities going bankrupt. So is the sector now in a better position to weather the adverse financial climate? Are even worse storms ahead? Or will...
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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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Can Alibaba’s university courses help China outpace the West?
Chinese multinational makes inroads in Europe as technology giants compete to get their tools on university curricula
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Will Finland’s big spending on R&D buy it the gift of growth?
Nokia’s runaway success may have rung off a decade ago, but the Nordic nation hopes to dial up its tech prowess by increasing?state investment in R&D by 80 per cent, putting the nation among the...
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Japan seeks to improve salary prospects for PhD graduates
Employers’ attitudes and pay discrepancies seen as hampering drive to increase?doctoral level enrolments
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Revive education infrastructure fund, universities tell Canberra
Dedicated source of capital funding tops umbrella body’s election wish list