Red tape warning for research projects over national security law
‘Seemingly small regulatory requirements readily spawn large bureaucratic responses,’ says City president
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New network takes aim at natural disasters and workforce needs
While many governments struggle to predict workforce needs, Australia’s new tropical alliance is giving it a crack
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Research council head veto ‘will make vacancies harder to fill’
Ministerial intervention in research council appointment highlights growing politicisation of British science, experts warn
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Covid recovery projects held up for months by red tape
Tardy response to UKRI request meant greenlit research projects on pandemic could not begin, investigation concludes
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UK regions promised research funding boost under ‘levelling up’
Forty per cent increase in investment by 2030 pledged, with BEIS ring-fencing majority of its spending for areas beyond golden triangle
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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
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Can universities manufacture a post-industrial future for the Midwest?
Freshly inaugurated US president Joe Biden owes his election victory to swing states in America’s Rust Belt. But is his plan to revitalise them by creating ‘millions of new manufacturing and...
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Canada joining the rush to create a Darpa
Trudeau government set to fulfil campaign promise for version of legendary US innovation agency, amid mixed expert assessment of its wisdom
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Canada pushes abundant PhD graduates towards industry needs
Doctoral glut seen as especially bad in nation that does too little research
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Liberté, egalité, autonomie: Do French universities want more freedom?
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...
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Interview with Liviu Matei
The higher education professor discusses totalitarian Romania, his academic inspirations and a fascination with folk music
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Can the academy rein in Big Tech?
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...
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Talking leadership 9: Meric Gertler on building global links
The University of Toronto president has ‘doubled down on internationalising’ while remaining rooted in the Canadian metropolis for almost four decades
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Plan to ‘level up’ UK research funding ‘unambitious’
Comparison with current data suggests government proposals are ‘not exactly a revolution in the funding balance’, say experts
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THE Awards Asia 2021: winners announced
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology gets leadership prize for ‘volume and range’ of Covid-19 contributions