Graphene Nobelist: don’t ask universities to drive innovation
Sir Konstantin Novoselov sparks debate over who should be responsible for commercialising research discoveries
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The steel city forging a university-industry-community alloy
John Morgan witnesses a pioneering collaboration between two Sheffield universities, drawing upon the city’s manufacturing heritage to become a hub of industrial innovation and a model of civic...
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Big increase in UK research funding may bring major system revamp
Green Paper under consideration to explore nature and scope of ‘mission’ approach, while funding increases under discussion could range to the ‘eye-popping’
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UK universities face up to Brexit after Tory election win
Science spending increase, research funding system revamp, targeting of ‘low-quality courses’ among other potential implications from result
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University reputation ‘less important’ for graduate recruiters
Data from a worldwide survey of employers suggest universities that specialise, work with industry and cultivate digital literacy are gaining the most ground
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UK non-participation in Horizon Europe is becoming ever more possible
As mistrust between the EU and UK deepens, politics could scupper British association to the next framework programme, says Jan Palmowksi
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Interview with Bradley Hughes
The language specialist talks about his monoglot roots, the joys of linguistics and why academics could take a trick or two from English teachers
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LGBT v-c aims to put diversity at heart of UK policy debate
Debra Humphris discusses experiencing prejudice and learning from it, and why the University Alliance's voice on the future of work and higher education matters
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Help us help you, universities tell central Sydney visionaries
‘Investment, policy support and consistency’ crucial to university role in regional development
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Careers intelligence: helping postdocs find jobs
Improving the career prospects of postdocs is now a priority of UK universities and research funders
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Success wired in: the stories behind the THE Awards 2019 winners
Universities offer insights on engaging with industry, excelling at research support and tackling the student mental health crisis
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Conservative provinces split from Trudeau on higher education
Alberta joins Ontario in cutting university funding and hiking tuition fees
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Why shouldn’t the UK’s Darpa be within UKRI?
Conservative mistrust of the existing research funding system demands a re-examination of its uneasy compromises, says John Womersley
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Will US universities be made redundant by the employability agenda?
With student debt escalating and concerns persisting that college graduates are not job-ready, increasing numbers of companies are taking the training of their workers in-house. But where does that...
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The UK’s centenarian lifelong learning provision needs rejuvenation
Universities, local authorities and others must heed the Centenary Commission on Adult Education’s recommendations, says Jonathan Michie