Augar: 50 per cent HE target yielding to ‘age of everyone’
Former chair of government review sees ‘turning point’ on scale of Tony Blair’s target for half of young people to enter HE
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How leaders of the world’s top universities are steering their institutions post-Covid
University presidents say the crisis has made clear the essential aspects of higher education and the best way to deliver them, but concerns over the future remain, reports Ellie Bothwell
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US campuses growing more divided in lobbying strategies
As annual lobbying spending drops to $75 million, bigger campuses take more control
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Do national research assessment exercises still pass peer review?
As an international review of the UK’s REF begins even before the assessment panels have done their work, has the exercise’s reliance on rereading published papers finally had its day? Might it be...
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Mariana Mazzucato: greed holding back, not helping, vaccine drive
Boris Johnson ‘completely wrong’ about vaccine success, while UK industrial strategy vacillation ‘reeks of insecurity’, innovation expert tells THE summit
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UKRI’s support for green open access is the right way forward
New guidelines have rightly rejected publisher claims that gold is the only sustainable path for open access, say Stephen Eglen and Rupert Gatti
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UKRI chair pick pressed by MPs on ‘polluting’ career
Ex-BHP chief executive and current Shell chair defends himself as ‘committed to net zero’ in pre-appointment hearing
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Industrial strategy: how does UK perform on areas targeted?
Research areas that will receive special attention include artificial intelligence and the life sciences, but are they the right fields to focus on?
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Coal to Newcastle? Not for me, says would-be chancellor
Politician turned coal boss pulls out of appointment as Australian university’s chancellor
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Indonesia’s second foreign branch campus ‘months away’
Australian university presses ahead with campus in Sumatra, agtech centre in Sulawesi and MBA delivery in Jakarta
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THE Awards Asia 2021: shortlist announced
More than 60 finalists recognised for outstanding work, amid tighter competition
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UK ‘lost £1.5 billion’ Horizon 2020 funding after Brexit vote
Scientists for EU says country now needs a plan to regain lost ground as Horizon Europe kicks off
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Europe to splash €35 billion on research in pandemic stimulus
Wave of money is ‘truly unprecedented’, says Italian rectors’ head, but some worry the money is too focused on technology transfer and that national plans overlap
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HE and FE unite locally as England-wide policy still ‘disjointed’
Using different models to bridge divide, universities and colleges could move towards more unified tertiary education systems
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Asia Universities Summit to focus on spreading excellence
Fully virtual gathering to be held in partnership with Fujita Health University