2U’s edtech ethics submission criticised
Executives at private course supply giant provided testimonials to government in their roles as former students
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US mounts dramatic pivot to ‘place-based industrial policy’
Land of the free market outpaces UK’s muted ‘levelling up’ with funding to leverage power of universities in struggling regions
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‘Game-playing’ claims as Australian employment negotiations drag
Union endorsement proves crucial, as direct pitches to staff falter
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Johnson: OfS hasn’t stopped universities ‘operating like cartel’
Architect of English regulator also criticises universities for ‘sniping’ at it
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Biden delays ban on US universities using foreign companies
After extensive complaints from sector groups, administration postpones but does not abandon prohibition against working with companies from abroad
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Overseas enrolments surge at UK universities
Number of transnational learners up 9 per cent year-on-year
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End Treasury meddling and restructure UKRI, say Blair and Hague
Former leaders call for science and technology delivery unit to end Whitehall ‘micromanagement’ of research funding and for ‘bespoke’ research councils
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Backing for union’s ‘middle way’ on strikes as pay ‘crunch’ nears
Union may have united membership again but 18 days of strikes could lead to support ‘withering away’, commentators suggest
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DSIT creation brings fear over ‘political direction’ of research
Michelle Donelan will have to stop ‘fighting culture wars’ and try to ‘make stuff happen on the ground’, says professor
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Salford targets ‘golden triangle’ of jobs, skills, infrastructure
University’s Institute of Technology and proposed innovation district aim to make benefits stick in one of England’s most deprived areas
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Michelle Donelan to lead new science department in UK government
Prime minister shakes up structures within government as well as ministerial team
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Curtailing internationalisation would damage the UK’s global ambitions
Limiting international student numbers or cutting post-study work eligibility is not the way to become a science superpower, says Max Lu
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Pay talks impasse continues as unions await employers’ offer
Lack of agreement on whether industrial action should continue while talks are in progress hampers chances of resolving dispute
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Whitehall opposition to Braverman plan to cut UK graduate visa
Departments asked to set out positions on visas, with those resisting restrictions on post-study work options said to include Treasury