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UK plans national academy for mathematics
Government hopes new institution will help to upskill the country’s workforce and grow the economy
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Interview with Mesias Alfeus
The senior lecturer in financial risk management discusses his academic career around the world, his admiration for Galileo and how a traditional game inspired his love of mathematics
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It is time for open access to move on from institutional repositories
The British Library cyber-attack underlines that?HE?and research libraries’ technologies and policies put us at too much risk, says?Fiona Greig
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Can internationalisation save South Korea’s emptying universities?
As the domestic youth population plummets, Korean institutions are looking to international students to make up shortfalls. But can such a strategy compensate – and can it be enacted in time? Pola...
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UCU Left’s Trotskyist politics are driving UK HE’s perennial strikes
Elitist, undemocratic activists’ revolutionary aspirations explain their enthusiasm for futile industrial action, say John Kelly and Adam Ozanne
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Consultancy is the unsung hero of university innovation. Let’s do more
Consultancy not only transcends disciplinary boundaries within universities, but also between academia, industry and other actors, says?Amanda Zeffman?
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Grady: don’t make staff pay price for UK sector ‘cannibalisation’
Union ready to ‘robustly protect education’ amid widespread job cuts, as leader changes tone ahead of re-election battle
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Evolution of the life science industries
Brussels, 09 Dec 2004 An international conference on evolution of the life science industries will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 23 to 25 February. The event will focus on four key areas...
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Can England’s university funding system be fixed?
Long-frozen, loan-funded tuition fees are neither covering course costs nor, arguably, fairly recognising the benefits of higher education to society and employers. But is there an alternative that...
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A year after Brexit: THE data symposium on strategies for success in higher education
Video presentations and slides from the 2017 Times Higher Education Data Symposium in London
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If international students are welcome, UK policy and rhetoric must show it
The UK government must pledge to maintain the graduate route and confine its review?to genuine abuse, says Jamie Arrowsmith
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Council spurs industry focus
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is refocusing its funding strategy to help tailor courses to meet the needs of industry more closely. "Our new masters training packages should...
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Coventry set to cut nearly ?100 million as sector crisis bites
Financial pressures also force Sheffield Hallam?to?open voluntary severance scheme to all academic staff
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Breaking the industrial mould
INFORMATION AND ORGANISATION: A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE THEORY OF THE FIRM. By Mark Casson. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 314pp, Pounds 40.00. - ISBN 0 19 829232 5. This is an ambitious book. Mark Casson's...