Skills policy is failing – it’s time for a new approach
John Denham, former secretary of state for universities, innovation and skills, on the case for rethinking the supply-side strategy
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Higher pay for professors ‘was linked to better REF scores’
Study finds evidence supporting fears over a pre-REF ’transfer market’ for star academics
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Entry gap between state and private pupils widens after £9K fees
Most selective universities under fire for ‘glacial’ progress on widening access
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Virtual University of Uganda ‘changing mindsets’
Sub-Saharan Africa’s first online university will help other institutions in the region to embrace technology, says co-founder
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Chris Husbands appointed as TEF chair
Sheffield Hallam v-c chosen after government recruitment process
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One in five ERC-funded projects ‘makes scientific breakthrough’
Further 50 per cent of EU-backed schemes result in ‘major scientific advance’
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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
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Science ‘could learn more creativity’ from art colleges
If art has become more academic, might it also be able to refresh other disciplines?
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US economist's Grexit plan attacked by academics
Greek researchers from US institutions hit out at controversial plan drawn up by University of Texas economist
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US college’s diversity requirement prompts debate
Move by Hamilton College in New York sparks discussion about prescriptive attempts to change curricula
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Home Office eases visa rules at four selective universities
Bath, Cambridge, Imperial, Oxford chosen for two-year master's student pilot
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The company that wanted me to write students’ essays in return for cash
Vic Boyd was on the lookout for academic writing opportunities. What she found was somewhat less appetising...