Elizabeth Gibney worked for Times Higher Education from 2012-13. She wrote about postgraduates, early career researchers, knowledge transfer, computing and medical research. Her brief is now covered by research reporter Holly Else.
The Council for Industry and Higher Education has announced plans to launch a National Centre for Universities and Business to strengthen links between the two sectors with the aim of driving economic growth.
Universities need to update guidelines on industry collaboration to reinstate academic rights that have been "seriously eroded" over the past generation, a report by the American Association of University Professors has said.
Throughout most of the 20th century, student intake from state schools was generally higher at the University of Oxford than at the University of Cambridge, although the latter overtook its ancient rival in 1988, a House of Commons Library briefing on Oxbridge "elitism" has found.
Universities are struggling to balance recommendations to send PhD students on internships with the fact that their supervisors often fail to see the value of such placements, a conference has heard.
UK universities made £1.1 billion through research contracts with businesses and non-commercial organisations in 2010-11, according to Higher Education Statistics Agency data.
Imperial College London, University College London and the computer firm Intel have launched a research institute they hope will help to shape the way cities work in the future.
Everyone knows that science is an international profession, but data from the US National Bureau of Economic Research have given a clear picture of which countries export their talent and which have researchers flocking to their shores.
One of the longest-serving vice-chancellors in the UK higher education sector has announced he will retire next year to pursue activities including a master’s degree in philosophy.
