University and art collaborations ‘the new normal’
Will open doors between the academy and the arts create a golden age?
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Europe’s 200 best universities: who is at the top in 2016?
Ellie Bothwell examines strengths and weaknesses in different higher education systems across the Continent
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Bedfordshire joins Glasgow in fossil fuel commitment
The University of Bedfordshire has become the second higher education institution in the UK to commit to not investing in the fossil fuel industry
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University of Bristol gets its graduates ‘career ready’
New vice-chancellor Hugh Brady hopes innovation programmes will spur graduates to become social and business entrepreneurs
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Engineering degrees still not appealing to women
Little change in uptake over past 10 years despite millions spent on initiatives to widen participation in STEM subjects
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Commission to put forward new SME strategy
Brussels, 02 Aug 2005 Enterprise and Industry Commissioner Günter Verheugen has announced that he will launch a new strategy for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the autumn. 'I will...
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UKTI unit to lure investors with the right mix of risk
Student beds, government bonds and science parks in investment packages assembled by new UK innovation team
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University of London vice-chancellor heralds ‘HE innovator’
Sir Adrian Smith on what he feels is the institution’s undeserved reputation for fustiness
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Strategy 'ignores' HE role in skills provision
The government's skills strategy is disjointed and incomplete because it ignores higher education, the University Vocational Awards Council has said. The strategy fails to recognise the contribution...
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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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Budget 2015: PhD loans up to £25K announced
George Osborne has announced that the government will offer PhD and research-based master’s students income-contingent loans of up to £25,000
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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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China leads in the BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2016
Investment in research and development pays off, says World University Rankings reporter Ellie Bothwell
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Everyone’s a winner in this digital space
Director of knowledge exchange hub says that the arts and humanities can play a key role in bringing creative companies and academics together
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Q&A with Alun Evans
We speak to the British Academy’s chief executive elect