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Don¡¯t wait for governments to act, say university leaders

Author of centenary report on UK adult education says plans as they stand unlikely to undo decades of neglect

Steve West also calls on politicians to ¡®get serious¡¯ about solution to declining university funding

Latest DfE appointee tells event he does not want the policy debate ¡®to be about Oxbridge, Oxbridge, Oxbridge¡¯

If government sets clear ambitions, innovation follows from the private sector and charities ¨C not the other way round, says Ian Walker

Dozens of publishers have disclosed cost data as part of next stage of European-led open access push but ¡®big two¡¯ are absent

National Union of Students urges government to provide support in autumn statement as students slash spending on food and heating to get by

Experts warn shrinking pool of postgraduate researchers would be ¡®pretty disastrous¡¯

Consensus with regions and reversals by parliament¡¯s budget committee help keep coalition promises

Edinburgh¡¯s finance chaos exposes deeper problems with the tools institutions rely on to function day-to-day

But lead negotiator for parliament¡¯s research committee said refusal to plough more unspent funds back into programme ¡®cannot stand¡¯ 

The head of the University of Manchester discusses a lifetime of science outreach, supporting regional development and the humanities