Tory election victory sets scene for UK research funding battle
Balancing Dominic Cummings’ agenda with industrial strategy approach, and deciding on geographical focus for increased investment, seen as key challenges
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UK names 14 AI doctoral training centres in ?370 million PhD plan
Investment will create?2,700 new PhD places in biosciences and AI research
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Box-ticking is the inevitable result of top-down impositions
Overseeing an Athena SWAN application convinced an anonymous academic that if tasks cannot be properly resourced, they should not be attempted at all
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Interview with Jikyeong Kang
The president and dean of the?Asian Institute of Management?tells Joyce Lau that being an introverted leader and a minority has taught her empathy
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Europe needs more research investment if it is to be climate-neutral by 2050
Science is central to the European Commission’s Green Deal, but basic research and new knowledge in the arts and humanities will be crucial to its success, says Jan Palmowski
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Paddy Nixon to take the helm at Canberra
UUK vice-president heading back Down Under after five years in Northern Ireland
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Tensions in technology transfer need to be addressed
Stanford and MIT might be seen as stars, but the UK has good practice too, says Trevor McMillan
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Will US universities be made redundant by the employability agenda?
With student debt escalating and concerns persisting that college graduates are not job-ready, increasing numbers of companies are taking the training of their workers in-house. But where does that...
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New Year Honours 2020: research council leaders top list
EPSRC and NERC executive chairs among those recognised
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New network to teach universities how to invest ethically
Initiative aims to expand the debate about endowments beyond divestment to wider social responsibilities
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Want to help Stanford? Help state universities, says president
Marc Tessier-Lavigne discusses diversifying student intake and focusing on ethics of new technologies in?Times Higher Education?interview
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Australia’s rural universities ‘add value’ of A$1.7 billion
Regional institutions, facing uncertain funding future, build case for more federal support ahead of budget
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UK parties go head to head on science at Royal Society hustings
Society president warns parties must address ‘huge reputational damage’ to UK science caused by Brexit
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UK universities face up to Brexit after Tory election win
Science spending increase, research funding system revamp, targeting of ‘low-quality courses’ among other potential implications from result
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Collaboration concerns remain as China shifts focus to arts
One US university turned down a joint venture?and another cancelled a music tour, but soft power push in higher education continues