Return of industrial strategy good for universities – Greg Clark
Former Conservative business secretary, now based at University of Warwick, believes Labour’s proposals will underscore higher education’s vital role in growth
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UCU drops ballot for pay strikes, putting focus on job cuts
Industrial action threatened for start of 2025-26 academic year if universities do not take action to minimise redundancies
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Birmingham City union threatens strike action over restructure
Vice-chancellor reportedly wrote to staff encouraging them to leave if they did not support university’s new strategy
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Fix arts degree underfunding to turbocharge UK’s creative economy
Talent pipeline for the UK’s £100 billion creative arts industries is under threat as universities shutter loss-making arts degrees, says Ravensbourne vice-chancellor Andy Cook
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The crisis in UK higher education is a national security issue
The UK cannot enter an era of heightened geopolitical instability without high levels of social resilence, say Katharine Wright and Megan Armstrong
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Japan asks: how do you shrink a higher education sector fairly?
Government commission advocates for intervention in downsizing of higher education sector to avoid regional disparity
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Staff voice can bring proper scrutiny of UK higher education meltdown
More transparent and democratic decision-making within UK universities could have helped institutions avoid the financial mistakes that are now resulting in mass redundancies, argue Nicholas Grant...
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Ukrainian governance reforms aim to boost universities’ autonomy
Moves to appoint supervisory boards made up of business and public sector representatives seen as ‘logical step’ in sector development
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Only a nationwide strike can stem the carnage in UK higher education
Limiting industrial action to defensive branch battles on redundancy is not enough. We need to politically challenge the HE funding model, says Rhiannon Lockley
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Scaling up what we already know and have will not secure Europe’s future
The new commission’s competitiveness compass is shockingly deficient in its approach to research, says Jan Palmowski
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Third of students don’t think degree will land them higher wages
Employment prospects the main motivation for half of students with satisfaction levels dented by high fees and low contact hours
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Can UK universities find the high road to economic growth?
The long-mooted Oxford-Cambridge corridor is one avenue chancellor Rachel Reeves intends to pursue in search of a way out of the economic doldrums. But where does her focus on existing strengths...
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Trump’s DEI crackdown ‘could block US-UK research collaborations’
‘No academic friend of mine is not deeply worried about this,’ says scholar
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‘Don’t judge me on size of research budget,’ Vallance tells MPs
Science minister tells Commons committee that he is more interested in maximising impact of science spending than increasing total outlay, as he emphasises need to get visa policies ‘right’
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‘Recommit’ to QR research funding, Imperial president urges UK
Hugh Brady warns 16 per cent fall in real-terms value of recurrent grant funding ‘threatens the very foundations of British science’