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Researchers seen as having ¡®untapped potential¡¯ to meet companies¡¯ most pressing skills challenges

More than 60 per cent increase in income over past two decades masks ¡®stagnation¡¯ in collaboration below high-performing institutions, report finds

Institutions reduce shares in companies after review highlights holding large amounts of equity can supress growth

Vice-chancellors fear ¡®incubator economy¡¯ where innovative firms only scale up overseas

New education plan aims to create four city hubs and expand enrolment as youth population swells

Major survey of industry-academia relationships reveals slowdown in business interactions and income since pandemic

Closer relationships with companies needed to produce more relevant scholarship, summit hears

Chinese multinational makes inroads in Europe as technology giants compete to get their tools on university curricula

Former Conservative business secretary, now based at University of Warwick, believes Labour¡¯s proposals will underscore higher education¡¯s vital role in growth

No elite US university finishes in the top 50 for the international outlook pillar, a category that is dominated by the United Arab Emirates at the top and the UK lower down

Sheffield vice-chancellor discusses including innovation in promotions criteria and carving a distinct identity for the university

¡®Highly focused and narrow policy interventions¡¯ such as the ?3.5 billion-a-year apprenticeship levy have held back wider engagement between academia and industry, says critical report

The president of San Jos¨¦ State University on harnessing location to build partnerships, the importance of representation and why she isn¡¯t a ¡®traditional academic¡¯

Updated methodology reveals previously underappreciated research strength in some Asian countries, reports Rosa Ellis

As overhaul presses staff and students to broaden horizons, president discusses handling faculty pushback, maintaining a vital Samsung partnership and dealing with disgruntled alumni

Companies must understand that it is not the job of a university to conduct commercial product development, summit hears

Sibrandes Poppema shares how his institution is strengthening links across countries and with industry and society

Companies will partner with global institutions under a government plan to speed up the development of new technologies and boost international collaboration

India¡¯s surge in patent applications and awards resembles China¡¯s pathway towards becoming a knowledge economy, says Pushkar

New figures show UK university-business interactions are down 5 per cent, to lowest level since at least 2014-15

In another edition of gloomy research indicators, major NSF tally finds companies nearing the basic science spending of the federal government

Royal Holloway head discusses decentralising university leadership and tapping into the creative industry in Surrey

Guidelines produced by Oxford vice-chancellor and venture capitalist designed to drive greater private investment in research start-ups

The University of Exeter¡¯s vice-chancellor talks about partnering with businesses, including the controversial decision to keep working with Shell on sustainability

North America has also revived while Oceania¡¯s international outlook has dipped. Patrick Jack picks out key rankings trends

WUR expands industry pillar to include patents in country scores, with greatest gains by Ireland, Hong Kong and the US

Global Innovation Index shows China overtaking US on number of leading clusters, but UK impresses on intensive smaller clusters

Only one in five researchers in UK universities have been employed in private sector, says new report

Lund University vice-chancellor discusses the challenges of working with business, creating an innovation valley in the Baltic region and managing one¡¯s friends

Nancy Ip discusses how universities can boost their output of patents and support faculty entrepreneurs

Massive grant ¡®could appear small¡¯ in future, says scholar, as field enjoys influx of industry money

Science may be the best tool humanity has to improve our social conditions ¨C but we must steer it in the right direction, writes Carolina Torrealba

Students at the University of the Arts London formed more start-ups than any other university

Analysis of the database suggests UK universities take greater equity in spin-outs than others in Europe

NCUB report finds patent registrations and spinouts trended positive in 2020-21, but knowledge exchange income slumped

Science and technology investment fund created by universities of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield injects first capital to fuel innovation shift

Recent decades have seen attitudes to working with industry shift in Europe, but the difficulty of reaching smaller companies and a lack of incentives to bridge the gap are stifling progress

The global picture is changing, as five countries enter the ranking for the first time ¨C all of them in Africa. Rosa Ellis reports 

Which countries are storming ahead when it comes to working with industry?

Aleks Subic suggests UK universities need to be ¡®an active collaborator¡¯ with government, rather than going on the defensive

Easing student caps is a ¡®step in the right direction¡¯ but doesn¡¯t solve issue of talent leaving for higher pay in other nations, academics say

Swedish welfare system, political model of consensus and universities committed to industry collaboration key to innovation success, 91ÇÑ×Ó summit hears

Major survey of almost 4,000 firms finds work with institutions at national and international level is a large slice of collaboration activity

The Tohoku University president discusses the legacy of the 2011 earthquake and making his institution more friendly to foreigners 

Science minister sets up working group to examine how academics can move more freely between public and private research

Levelling-up plans for ¡®innovation accelerators¡¯ bring hope for local decisions on R&D, but warnings against Whitehall¡¯s ¡®Stanford-Silicon Valley¡¯ concept

The president of Penn State discusses its business hub model and leading in the aftermath of a sexual abuse scandal 

Pay, promotions and intellectual property protections set for ¡®refinement¡¯ under new action plan

But critics say windfall won¡¯t compensate for the money stripped from basic research

Privately backed institutions seen as new model for higher education development

Significant additional funding needed to realise Canberra¡¯s commercialisation goals, say scientists

The City president discusses his personal ties to the institution, the opportunities and threats universities pose to national security, and self-indulgence in higher education

Canberra demands revamped governance and more applied focus

The LSE director on the institution¡¯s green strategy, the importance of social scientists working with industry and the advantages of being ¡®different¡¯

 ?30 million fund a start towards bridging the divide between sectors, researchers say

Academia should look to business-linked Israeli universities as a model for change, according to energy boss Francesco Starace

¡®Don¡¯t always stick with what you have,¡¯ says science minister Amanda Solloway, as new innovation strategy points to US and German models

Chemistry laureate George Smith argues a publicly funded system would more than pay for itself by ending monopoly pricing in pharmaceuticals

Academic scientists, frustrated by years of lean budgets, again urged to value stimulating corporate innovation

While not complete or explained, Boston-Oakland partnership may ease major technology-university bottleneck