The UK¡¯s broken PGR support system must be fixed
The cost-of-living crisis is bringing to a head the inadequacy of current funding and support for doctoral students, says Ellie Munro
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Fears for UK research budget as Truss focuses on energy
¡®Reprofiling¡¯ of?planned?increase in spending and opting against association to Horizon Europe likely to be on table,?predicts?ex-minister
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Higher education minister Andrea Jenkyns reappointed to DfE
Announcement clears way for MP to remain in post, although ministerial responsibilities are yet to be confirmed
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Life after coal: can academia revive Germany¡¯s Rust Belt?
Backed by state government, an ambitious university-led initiative is aiming to restore the Ruhr Valley¡¯s former industrial glory. John Morgan meets academics behind the experiment in driving...
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Dear PM, here¡¯s a must-do list¡
Sector experts offer their advice for Liz Truss and her new Cabinet on some of the biggest issues facing UK universities, from finances and R&D to culture wars and common ground
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Summary of comments received on Department for Transport's draft evidence and research strategy
London, 20 September 2006 Evidence and Research Strategy Evidence and Research Strategy - Executive summary In January 2006, a draft version of the Evidence and Research Strategy was published on the...
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Local focus for university-business links in UK ¡®too narrow¡¯
Major survey of almost 4,000 firms finds work with institutions at national and international level?is a large slice of collaboration activity
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Fixing Ukraine¡¯s brain drain means honesty about graduate outcomes
Without more reliable data on graduate employability or courses more aligned to employers¡¯ needs, Ukrainian students will continue to look elsewhere, says Alexander Kostyuk
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Industry welcomes magical transformation of Disney interns
Students say the Disney College Program teaches skills they can't learn in class. Jon Marcus reports
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Black students in America need wholesale higher education reforms
From admissions to outreach and student data collection, the undergraduate journey must be reviewed to narrow unacceptable social and educational inequalities, say Kim Hunter Reed and Ray Belton
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EESC Opinion: Commission Communication on a European Strategy for Nanotechnology (link)
Brussels, 15 December 2004 OPINION of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Communication from the Commission: Towards a European strategy for nanotechnology COM(2004) 338 final Full text...
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Graduate employment is not an ignoble pursuit for universities
Academics should not feel uncomfortable when their courses become increasingly focused on improving graduate outcomes, says Patrick Callaghan
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Monkeypox alarms US university campuses
College leaders wary of limited vaccines, Covid exhaustion and LGBTQ stigmatisation in an environment ripe for spreading, though serious harm judged unlikely
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Member States dragging their feet on life sciences and biotechnology strategy
Brussels, 26 Apr 2004 A newly published progress report by the European Commission on its life sciences and biotechnology strategy outlines the initiatives that the Commission has implemented over...
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CPMR calls for increased regional dimension to future EU research strategy
Brussels, 06 Aug 2004 The conference of peripheral maritime regions (CPMR), an association representing geographically remote areas of Europe, has expressed its surprise at the 'unambitious' regional...