Sir Mark Walport: my ambition as first chief of UKRI
The new CEO of UKRI, Sir Mark Walport, says a shake-up of UK research funding is needed if the country is to remain internationally competitive
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Bringing technical education back into the HE fold
Tertiary education must be considered as a whole if governments are to prepare the workforce they need
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Mark Hepworth, 1955-2016
A researcher who transformed our understanding of how people experience and relate to information has died
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Student Experience Survey 2017: Bright stars of Northern Ireland
Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University are making huge gains in the student satisfaction stakes, writes Seth Jacobson
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‘Delays’ to UK government research ‘worse than embarrassing’
Key research on higher education ‘getting dusty’ on Whitehall shelves, according to former insider
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Hard Brexit would be ‘disaster’ for UK universities and economy
Education committee hears University of Oxford’s head of Brexit strategy call for ‘openness’
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The rise of eSports in higher education
Competitive gaming is gaining mainstream recognition by establishing itself in universities among students and academics
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Ignore the public at your peril
To avoid getting caught up in anti-establishment populism, UK science needs to pay attention to the shifts in public perception, says Jonathan Grant
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Budget wheeze could be double whammy for aid and research
Development assistance and research alike are ill-served by cash earmarked for both, argue Ambreena Manji and Peter Mandler
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Notre Dame seeks to mix student mobility and academic research
Vice-president for internationalisation also suggests US institutions could work with UK universities
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TEF to limit use of ‘flawed’ NSS scores
Chair voices concerns over student satisfaction data as Cambridge’s students’ union joins NSS boycott
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Sir Mark Walport: UKRI head with the power to ‘shock’
Who is the man who will take the top job in UK science?
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UKRI job advert: conspiracy or cock-up?
Dame Athene Donald on how the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy had to reissue a job advert for UKRI board members
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Will peace in Colombia mean progress for universities?
Matthew Reisz in Bogotá examines how quickly a TACTIC nation can become a more effective player in global higher education