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 succeedÂ
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Did Australian universities ride the international gravy train too far?
With overseas enrolments hitting the buffers during the pandemic, debate rages over whether higher education’s excessive reliance on this income stream is self-inflicted – and how universities can...
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A crack in the foundations
International student mobility was the rock on which universities built their empire. With Covid turning prior certainties into unknowns, what now?
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Industrial Strategy White Paper explained: good intentions, opportunities missed
The Industrial White Paper is welcome, says Andy Westwood, but does it also represent an opportunity missed?
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UK’s cut to research funding from overseas aid hits 70 per cent
Allocation of £422 million last year cut to £125 million this year
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UKRI: most aid-funded research grants face axe after budget cut
Funder says it is unlikely to be able to support ‘majority’ of awards beyond July, and will be unable to approve new applications
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Teaching intelligence: why implement student co-creation?
Anna McKie talks to three experts about the benefits of embedding the concept of students co-creating their own learning
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Australia’s higher education sector must be segmented
Different university groupings should have strong, distinctive capabilities that address specific markets, says John H. Howard
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V-cs push for students to return to English campuses next month
Unions continue to resist idea of expanding face-to-face tuition further this year
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Leaders fear £1 billion-plus cut to fund UK Horizon association
Universities UK and Wellcome Trust express mounting fears about where funding to join European Union research programme will come from
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Ministers give ‘high-risk’ science funder 10 years to prove worth
Advanced Research and Invention Agency bill confirms plan to place agency beyond reach of Freedom of Information Act
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PM’s intervention ‘only way to stop’ £1 billion UK research cut
Boris Johnson must rapidly step in after Treasury puts block on extra funding to cover Horizon Europe costs, sector figures warn
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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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Leaders say harm from ‘destructive’ research cuts will last years
UK scientific heavyweights unite to condemn massive cuts to overseas research and urge rethink on potential UKRI reductions
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Advisers quit over ‘draconian’ cuts to overseas research funding
International advisory panel heads condemn ‘inexcusable’ handling of cuts to research supported by foreign aid