Augar: 50 per cent HE target yielding to ‘age of everyone’
Former chair of government review sees ‘turning point’ on scale of Tony Blair’s target for half of young people to enter HE
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How leaders of the world’s top universities are steering their institutions post-Covid
University presidents say the crisis has made clear the essential aspects of higher education and the best way to deliver them, but concerns over the future remain, reports Ellie Bothwell
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Do national research assessment exercises still pass peer review?
As an international review of the UK’s REF begins even before the assessment panels have done their work, has the exercise’s reliance on rereading published papers finally had its day? Might it be...
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Academic Salon to consider future of UK’s industry collaborations
University and industry leaders in the UK will discuss the importance of collaboration between institutions, businesses and nations post-pandemic
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UKRI’s support for green open access is the right way forward
New guidelines have rightly rejected publisher claims that gold is the only sustainable path for open access, say Stephen Eglen and Rupert Gatti
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Mariana Mazzucato: greed holding back, not helping, vaccine drive
Boris Johnson ‘completely wrong’ about vaccine success, while UK industrial strategy vacillation ‘reeks of insecurity’, innovation expert tells THE summit
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The USS is changing its responsibility strategy – do its members even care?
The Universities Superannuation Scheme is changing how it invests in ethical funds, which should be a concern to striking academics, argues Bernard H. CaseyÂ
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It’s time for a national lifelong learning strategy in the UK
With business backing for education declining, the government must invest to ensure that universities can offer a lifetime of learning opportunities, says Jonathan Michie
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UKRI chair pick pressed by MPs on ‘polluting’ career
Ex-BHP chief executive and current Shell chair defends himself as ‘committed to net zero’ in pre-appointment hearing
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US campuses growing more divided in lobbying strategies
As annual lobbying spending drops to $75 million, bigger campuses take more control
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Coal to Newcastle? Not for me, says would-be chancellor
Politician turned coal boss pulls out of appointment as ߣߣÊÓƵn university’s chancellor
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Indonesia’s second foreign branch campus ‘months away’
ߣߣÊÓƵn university presses ahead with campus in Sumatra, agtech centre in Sulawesi and MBA delivery in Jakarta
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THE Awards Asia 2021: shortlist announced
More than 60 finalists recognised for outstanding work, amid tighter competition
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UK ‘lost £1.5 billion’ Horizon 2020 funding after Brexit vote
Scientists for EU says country now needs a plan to regain lost ground as Horizon Europe kicks off
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Europe to splash €35 billion on research in pandemic stimulus
Wave of money is ‘truly unprecedented’, says Italian rectors’ head, but some worry the money is too focused on technology transfer and that national plans overlap