Jacob Rees-Mogg resigns as UK business secretary
Arch-Brexiteer ends short spell in charge of research funding and energy policy as Rishi Sunak takes over as PM
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New year predictions: what does 2023 have in store for universities?
With hostility from the É«ºÐÖ±²¥ Office over international student numbers, membership of Horizon Europe slipping away and heavy demands placed on institutions by regulators, UK university staff will be...
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Who’s in Sunak’s government? Meet the ministers set to shape HE
Ministerial reshuffle nears completion as faces new and old take up key positions in business and education departments
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Students priced out of housing market in Australian cities
Independent housing ‘moderately to severely unaffordable’, as locals opt for alternatives
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Practising conference presentations is vital – even for native speakers
Overloaded slides, peculiar body language and speech that is too quick, slow, quiet or relentless are all easily fixed, says Brian Bloch
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Brexit is hurting UK innovation
German-style political stability and long-term science funding could help mitigate the damage, say Zach Meyers and John Springford
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Birkbeck ‘threatens to cut 140 jobs over falling student numbers’
Specialist provider of evening higher education classes planning sweeping cuts to departments, union claims
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More UK graduates ending up in low-skilled work, HR body warns
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development calls for a rethink to skills policy, including apprenticeships, following new findings on graduate employment
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Rees-Mogg role raises questions on ‘laissez-faire’ R&D approach
Truss government and business secretary urged to affirm commitment to using research spending to drive innovation, particularly in regions
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Ministers release £484 million to mitigate Horizon ‘uncertainty’
Westminster government provides £30 million for ‘talent and stabilisation fund’ and pumps extra £100 million of quality-related support into English universities
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Freeman and Halfon return as ministers as UK reshuffle continues
New UK prime minister Rishi Sunak brings back old faces in education and business departments
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Coursera becomes latest edtech firm to announce redundancies
One of the biggest original Mooc providers is ‘entering a new chapter’, its chief executive has told staff, amid a gloomier financial climate
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Kit Malthouse departs as education secretary in Sunak’s reshuffle
Successor, when named by new PM Rishi Sunak, will become fifth education secretary to serve within four monthsÂ
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Government and business ‘letting Australia down’ on research
Go8 questions outsiders’ commitment to research, after advisory body raises doubts over education’s contribution to productivity
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All university courses must teach foundational data skills
Data are transforming every aspect of employment. Every graduate, regardless of their discipline, must be prepared, says Keren Pakes