Industrial Strategy Commission: it is time to address UK’s major regional inequalities
Commission’s final report calls for an Office for Strategic Economic Management to ensure sound regional economic policy, writes Andy Westwood
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Will Covid reset how universities help socially disadvantaged students?
With the education of a generation of young people thrown into chaos, many universities are rethinking how they admit and support those most in need of assistance. Anna McKie examines how the...
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MENA summit weighs liberal arts’ role in post-Covid recovery
Online event in partnership with NYU Abu Dhabi to focus on graduate skills, research culture and impact
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Want to be an innovation hot spot? Don’t copy Silicon Valley
Toronto professor offers path to ‘innovation in real places’, arguing that prestige research universities aren’t that important
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The UK’s industrial strategy can manufacture a new breed of Victorians
By focusing on collaboration as much as funding levels, technological progress can spearhead national prosperity and self-confidence, says Angus Horner
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Meet Aria: ‘high-risk’ research funder to be independent of UKRI
Ministers promise innovative funding models for Advanced Research and Invention Agency following debate on relationship with umbrella body
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Australia looks offshore with overseas students’ return uncertain
Meeting of government-industry council charts new ‘path’ emphasising transnational and distance learning
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Overseas aid research cuts raise doubts over £22 billion target
Hefty cuts to the fund supporting two flagship international research schemes do not square with UK’s science spending ambitions, warn leaders
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Leaving lectures behind makes sense for our university – here’s why
We know that employing learners as active co-creators of their learning builds opportunities for knowledge absorption, say Guy Daly and Andrew Turner
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Taking on community roles is critical for universities’ local profiles
The unique skills that academics bring to local projects underline that they change lives well beyond the lecture theatre, says Zahir Irani
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How far can EU universities ride the post-Covid spending wave?
Amid the economic ravages inflicted by the coronavirus, the EU has agreed a huge stimulus package. But while research in some countries looks set for a transformational boost, it may be a different...
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Augar review’s ‘dumb’ failings spotlight policymaking flaws
Absence of political leadership, consensus building and links to ‘levelling up’ agenda seen as weaknesses of Westminster government’s post-18 review
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Ministers must set out remit of ‘high risk’ research funder – MPs
Science and Technology Committee says ‘Arpa’ may be most effective if set up outside UK Research and Innovation
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India Universities Forum to consider prospects for Indian higher education
Event to focus on teaching, research and internationalisation
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THE Awards Asia 2020: winners announced
Both top-ranked Tsinghua and lesser-known institutions lauded for excellence in difficult times