Kill or keep patent applications: the TTO dilemma
A rigorous methodology is essential to manage university patent portfolios, say Bruno Reynolds and Ben Oakley from Isis Enterprise in Oxford

A rigorous methodology is essential to manage university patent portfolios, say Bruno Reynolds and Ben Oakley from Isis Enterprise in Oxford

Dame Athene Donald on how the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy had to reissue a job advert for UKRI board members

Scrapping of BIS prompts warnings that universities may lose influence in Whitehall

Microsoft vice-president of worldwide education says technology can help universities’ mandate to aid students’ employability

Who is the man who will take the top job in UK science?

Keith Burnett explains why the University of Sheffield's activities in the Yorkshire town of Rotherham might offer many lessons for the government's new education team

Matthew Reisz in Bogotá examines how quickly a TACTIC nation can become a more effective player in global higher education

John Tregoning has plans for the UK science budget
On 12 October, Sir John Kingman appeared before the Science and Technology Committee to be questioned on the role of the interim chair of UK Research and Innovation, a post to which he had been...

Applying lean principles can help universities find quick, creative solutions to pressing problems, says Madison Sandy

Report also cites rise in ‘South-to-North’ ventures

To help manage their expanding activities, institutions require new corporate leadership personnel, Sarah Shaw says

Justine Greening is new education secretary, while BIS reshaped