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 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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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
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V-cs fear more delays to full reopening of English campuses
Universities UK and Russell Group push for all students to return from 12Â April amid concern that it could be pushed back to mid-May
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Will Covid reset how universities help socially disadvantaged students?
With the education of a generation of young people thrown into chaos, many universities are rethinking how they admit and support those most in need of assistance. Anna McKie examines how the...
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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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MENA summit weighs liberal arts’ role in post-Covid recovery
Online event in partnership with NYU Abu Dhabi to focus on graduate skills, research culture and impact
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Want to be an innovation hot spot? Don’t copy Silicon Valley
Toronto professor offers path to ‘innovation in real places’, arguing that prestige research universities aren’t that important
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Meet Aria: ‘high-risk’ research funder to be independent of UKRI
Ministers promise innovative funding models for Advanced Research and Invention Agency following debate on relationship with umbrella body
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Australia looks offshore with overseas students’ return uncertain
Meeting of government-industry council charts new ‘path’ emphasising transnational and distance learning
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Overseas aid research cuts raise doubts over £22 billion target
Hefty cuts to the fund supporting two flagship international research schemes do not square with UK’s science spending ambitions, warn leaders
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Leaving lectures behind makes sense for our university – here’s why
We know that employing learners as active co-creators of their learning builds opportunities for knowledge absorption, say Guy Daly and Andrew Turner