More fluid routes between academia and industry would boost innovation
Better alignment of pay and benefits, working cultures and expectations will clear the way for research to have impact, say nine Future Leaders fellows
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UK’s industrial strategy requires more university funding
Better-resourced universities are the key to achieving the government’s ambition for a knowledge-based economy, says David Mba
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Kent v-c to depart after restructure and deficit warning
Karen Cox to step down next month as university grapples with projected ?30?million deficit
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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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Is chasing unicorns the best commercialisation strategy?
Universities’ intellectual property is seen as key to successful knowledge economies. But what is the best way to turn ideas into marketable products? Is it realistic to expect major commercial...
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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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HE in Tasmania: devilishly difficult to get right
The?Universities Accord has underlined the importance of Australian universities that cater to non-traditional students. But getting that provision right is not easy when your every move has major...
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The UK’s industrial strategy: what will it mean for universities?
New approach calls research crucial to raising productivity, but there is a shift in focus to industrial challenges
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May's Industrial Strategy Green Paper must get it right on education
Theresa May's industrial strategy must address the gap between education and skills, writes Andy Westwood
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Industrial strategy: stop polarising ‘vocational’ and ‘academic’ students
As UK prime minister Theresa May launches her new industrial strategy, Sir?Keith?Burnett reflects on how education needs to change if the UK is to succeed?
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China prioritises research spending despite economic downturn
Central investment?might go some way to mitigate declining spending by local government and industry
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Charity cases: Why UK universities are really going broke
The?redundancies and course closures proposed at many struggling UK universities follow a decades-long drift away from the idea of higher education institutions as charities whose non-commercial...
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Will Jo Grady’s wafer-thin mandate weaken union bargaining hand?
Incumbent’s narrow margin of victory does little to assuage critics of her first five years in charge of union?
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Imperial to create cross-cutting ‘convergence science’ schools
President Hugh Brady says new structures will provide ‘sandbox’ for interdisciplinary thinking and ‘shop window’ for industry engagement
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Universities’ gender pay gaps ‘double the tertiary average’
While new Australian data identify regional universities as the most inequitable payers, experts highlight the ‘different conditions and challenges’