Individual and national success demands one path to higher skills
To meet future challenges, we need a single knowledge infrastructure incorporating higher and further education, says Lord Mandelson
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Restructure or die, funding chief tells cash-hit universities
Hard times will force hard decisions as the sector is told to tighten its belt. Phil Baty reports
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EPSRC chief questions Government's funding stance
BIS agenda could direct more cash to agency that supports business innovation, writes Zoë Corbyn
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Backing for appliance of science to UK strengths
The Government will push ahead with its controversial plan to align research funding with the UK's future industrial strengths.The plan could see funding concentrated on fields that are considered...
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Impact policy needs 'more evidence'
Campaign says Treasury must appoint science adviser to articulate strategies, writes Zoë Corbyn
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Lords condemn ‘retrograde’ department merger
Government’s perception of the value of higher education called into question. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Abandon ‘out-of-date’ Haldane principle on research priorities
Select committee says it’s time for ‘transparent and rigorous’ debate on publicly funded work. Melanie Newman reports
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Funding fallout creates wide smiles and gnashing of teeth
To the RAE victors, the spoils, but institutions that saw their funding slashed last week in the allocations for 2009-10 are counting the costs. Times Higher Education staff report
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Recession hits US private fundraising, but others do better
As alumni donations to US universities plummet, Canada and Asia forge ahead. Hannah Fearn writes
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From taboo to hot topic
By Elizabeth Redden for Inside Higher Ed
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Sorry seems to be the hardest word
WASHINGTON – The situation outlined by Miles J. Postema, vice-president and general counsel of Ferris State University, sounded like a lawsuit waiting to happen. By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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The world is at the top of the agenda across the UK
Senior managers drive international strategies to equip institutions for global future, writes Phil Baty
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Appetite for education
A soaring enrolment rate and a driving ambition to compete globally characterise higher education in South Korea. But how is this all-consuming desire affecting society? asks John Morgan
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Right where it belongs
Being part of BIS means science is now at the epicentre of Whitehall and government policy, says Lord Drayson
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Business firmly woven into the fabric of new framework
The Government's long-awaited strategy for the sector is out at last. Melanie Newman reports