Insisting on in-person classes post-Covid is not a line we can hold
A strategic rejection of digital instruction is akin to France’s short-sighted attempt to prevent invasion in the 1930s, says Robert Zaretsky
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Don’t fear failure, KAIST leader tells Korean students
New president sets ambitious financial and internationalisation goals
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The UK needs a German lesson in levelling up
To coordinate research translation, a new organisation is needed that isn’t tied to one university but is linked to all, says Keith RidgwayÂ
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Tory ex-minister warns PM against ‘devastating’ UK research cuts
Cutting existing research budgets by up to £2 billion would put ‘science superpower’ aim at risk, Greg Clark tells Boris Johnson
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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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Extra research cash to fund UK’s Horizon Europe participation
Cost of associating to EU programme coming from BEIS budget, but £250 million injection topped up from other sources
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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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Why is the UK government considering a huge cut to research?
John Morgan looks at why UK research faces crisis over Horizon Europe funding under government that wants ‘science superpower’ status
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The UK’s international education strategy needs more internationalisation
Efforts to accrue more overseas fees could be vetoed by the Home Office and will do little to make UK students more culturally savvy, warns Peter BradyÂ
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Radical rethink of UK’s excellence frameworks is needed
Merging metrics for the REF, KEF and TEF would free up time for academics to become researchers once again, says Robert MacIntosh
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Did ߣߣÊÓƵn 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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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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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