To level up, empower regions to invest in skills and education
The UK government’s White Paper is a good start but needs to do more to link local learning with local needs, says Marius OstrowskiÂ

The UK government’s White Paper is a good start but needs to do more to link local learning with local needs, says Marius OstrowskiÂ

Trudeau government set to fulfil campaign promise for version of legendary US innovation agency, amid mixed expert assessment of its wisdom

Despite incremental reforms throughout Emmanuel Macron’s first term as president, France still has one of the most centralised higher education systems in Europe. As the election looms, Ben Upton...

The higher education professor discusses totalitarian Romania, his academic inspirations and a fascination with folk music

The grip of Silicon Valley on commerce and culture is huge and ever-growing. But as concerns mount about tech firms’ ethics, is there anything that universities – with vastly lower research and...

The University of Toronto president has ‘doubled down on internationalising’ while remaining rooted in the Canadian metropolis for almost four decades

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology gets leadership prize for ‘volume and range’ of Covid-19 contributions

Policies risk inciting behaviour worse than 2000s immigration scams, expert warns

Comparison with current data suggests government proposals are ‘not exactly a revolution in the funding balance’, say experts

Legislation gives Westminster government power to block or impose conditions on acquisition of intellectual property in 17 areas

Better-resourced universities are the key to achieving the government’s ambition for a knowledge-based economy, says David Mba

With concerted efforts, the UK could attract far more than 600,000 international students to its shores, says James Pitman

All academics have had that anxiety dream about standing up to give a lecture, only to realise they have forgotten to prepare anything – or to put on any clothes. But real teaching failures are...

The Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology president discusses project-based learning, securing government funding and demographic decline

Physics’ royal society aims to be more relevant than ever with focus on skills, education and business