ESRC calls for skills strategy in workplace
Government policies on skills and innovation will not create an economy capable of competing effectively in the global markets, according to a new report. Robert Taylor, media fellow with the...
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Crisis at Work: Identity and the End of Career, by Jesse Potter
Bankers swap cufflinks for cassocks in an era of reinvention not defined by pay, finds Leslie Gofton
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THE World Academic Summit 2015 to take place in Melbourne
The 2015 ÌÇÐÄVlog World Academic Summit will take place in Melbourne, Australia, in partnership with the University of Melbourne, it was announced today
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Student-consultants: cut-price advice from campuses
Those studying at Arizona State and other universities are in demand as firms across the US seek fresh business insights, says Jon Marcus
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World in brief - 11 September 2014
United StatesMobile phones: the ‘invisible addiction’Female students in the US spend an average of 10 hours a day on their mobile phone, while their male counterparts rack up nearly eight, a study at...
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The view from industry
Increased precision, good science and technical rigour are essential to risk-based decision-making. But by themselves they are not enough. People's values can dominate their feelings about a level of...
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News in brief - 5 March 2015
Quality assuranceQAA heads to the MedUK higher education provision in Cyprus, Greece and Malta is to be reviewed by the Quality Assurance Agency. More than 20,000 students are enrolled in UK higher...
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9 reasons to be cheerful about your pension
Economist Andrew Oswald counsels against despair over the Universities Superannuation Scheme reforms
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Coherent higher education policy? Far from it
Despite the introduction of postgraduate loans, the government’s education funding aims remain a puzzle, says Nigel Carrington
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Discussing the European strategy for biotechnology and the life sciences
Brussels, 05 Aug 2004 The European Commission will host a satellite conference on 'A European strategy for biotechnology and life sciences' at the BIOnale event in Maastricht, the Netherlands, from 2...
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Pfizer saga: health warning for UK university research
Life sciences ecosystem may lose out if US firm was ever to take over Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca
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What academics really do on their summer ‘holidays’
A long break sounds luxurious but what is the reality? Scholars share what they did with their ‘free’ time
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Societal value at the heart of new Finnish space strategy
Brussels, 05 Jul 2005 Finland has outlined its national space strategy for 2005 to 2007, which has the aim of developing those fields of space science with the most substantial societal impact. The...
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How might a teaching excellence framework be built?
As a vague policy commitment moves towards reality, Jack Grove assesses the potential ways and means
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UK outlines medium-term technology strategie
Brussels, Apr 2006 The UK is setting up 'innovation platforms' in areas identified in a recent report as key to developing the UK's position in the international arena. Two pilot platforms, in the...