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Monash v-c warns funding freeze is a threat to social cohesion

Government initiative funds five collaborations involving 60 academic institutions and more than 450 businesses

Threats to dock pay from university staff working only their hours during the USS pensions dispute ignore academics’ unpaid hours, says Will Pooley

Sarah Stevens looks at how universities are endeavouring to deliver the skills and learning the UK needs

League table may include metrics on university spin-off companies and research publications co-authored with industry

Video and podcast coverage of the 2018 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum

Companies blame a ‘social shift’ for young people viewing campus as their only option, but others see positives in student boom

Rapid technological change means that higher education leavers will need to return during their career, says Tec Monterrey president

Decline of corporate discovery programmes could narrow scope of innovation, scholars warn

White Paper draws ‘line under’ past failings on applied research policy, says academic

Research areas that will receive special attention include artificial intelligence and the life sciences, but are they the right fields to focus on?

The Industrial White Paper is welcome, says Andy Westwood, but does it also represent an opportunity missed?

Universities stand to benefit if companies relocate to stay close to sector agency, say experts

UK government's White Paper offers commitments on HEIF funding and assigns role to OfS

Announcement follows concerns raised that Britain’s economy will not grow as quickly as previously expected

As research funding becomes increasingly linked with impact assessment, academics will need help seeking out business partners, sector leaders say

Advancing capabilities of stem cells could mean researchers run into legal difficulties once more, European academies warn

Commission’s final report calls for an Office for Strategic Economic Management to ensure sound regional economic policy, writes Andy Westwood

The inventor with a penchant for clocks talks KitKat wrappers and kettles

Shadow industrial strategy minister says scrapping fees essential for universities' civic mission

Firm steps up collaboration with university as world’s biggest tech companies race to harness quantum physics

Canada and Finland also score highly in research assessing the effectiveness of education systems in 35 economies

Major investment in advanced medical manufacturing announced by government

New data show how universities took up the slack when businesses cut back on R&D. But the crisis also led to greater demands on universities to boost growth

Nature Index examines how research articles are cited in third-party patents  

Aarhus University has signed up companies to fund fundamental research in what it calls a ‘patent-free playground’

Science policy experts have concerns about the effectiveness of new UK government support model

European Innovation Council mission to create ‘unicorns’ may deprive academics of funding, critics warn

The serial entrepreneur speaks to Times Higher Education at the 2017 THE Innovation and Impact Summit

Leader of Hong Kong Polytechnic University says institution ‘cannot think of itself as an isolated island’

First Israeli university in China welcomes students this summer

Sydney’s deputy v-c says government must put its money where its mouth is

Universities could lose out as emphasis switches to supporting innovation

Vice-president says universities must convince researchers that journal articles are not the only way to disseminate knowledge

Candace Johnson says universities should cultivate a belief in their students that they ‘can do everything’

Rotterdam School of Management contract with oil company ‘promised influence over curriculum and admissions’

Ahead of the THE Innovation and Impact Summit, École Polytechnique president Jacques Biot urges universities to prepare for ‘Industry 4.0’

Ahead of the THE Innovation and Impact Summit, speaker Max Lu looks at the challenges of university-industry partnership

US scholar argues that academics punch above their weight in key discoveries

New president keen to support Paris institution’s ‘agility’, according to its leader

THE analysis shines a light on institutions that have thought outside the box on research collaboration and funding

The Duke of York’s support for London Met shows how the Royal Family can make a difference in higher education, says Jack Grove

Institutions that succeed in helping regional growth deserve being included in measures of performance, says Simon Baker

McLaren Applied Technologies director sees need to go ‘beyond STEM’, THE-Ulsan summit hears

Universities on the continent must shun xenophobia themselves, THE-Ulsan event hears

Ahead of the Asia Universities Summit, Feridun Hamdullahpur sets out what you need to consider when carrying out industry-funded research

Data spotlight universities that publish highest proportions of research output with industry

Universities in the US, South Korea and elsewhere must contribute to the advancement of the knowledge-based industries of the 21st century, says Doh-Yeon Kim

John Morgan looks at the universities in Asia and beyond that have forged the closest ties with industrial partners

Research shows which UK institutions interact heavily with EU companies

Study claims California’s higher education policy environment has led to the ‘stagnation’ of the state’s universities 

Venture capital fund aims to give students experience of investing 

Study finds a stronger correlation for women between success and being central to a network 

The event in South Korea will include the official launch of the THE Asia University Rankings 

UK ‘naive’ to think that it could replace academic links with European industry with those from elsewhere

Investing in UK science may be cheaper after Brexit but the true cost to innovation system remains to be seen, says Holly Else

Turkish philosopher describes shock at being stopped from packing up office after sudden dismissal