Industry

Event will explore university-industry collaboration, curiosity-led research and whether institutions can create entrepreneurs

Data reveal institutions that have co-authored the most papers with top 25 firms in new innovation list

The ranking will be released during the THE Young Universities Summit in Australia

Lack of trust and a weak IP system blamed for China’s weaker engagement with industry

The ranking will be released during the THE Asia Universities Summit in South Korea

But there are fears that universities’ reliance on external funding will prevent blue-skies research

Overleaf’s John Hammersley on what drove his doctorate and transition from universities to industry

Measuring entrepreneurialism must take account of individual academics, say Robert Tijssen and Alfredo Yegros 

US study finds biomedical PhDs from certain ethnic minorities are less likely to understand the ‘hidden’ rules of succeeding in science

Prime minister pledges “real terms increases” in investment and new fund to back emerging technology

Chancellor's Autumn Statement confirms extra £2 billion a year for R&D will be distributed by research funding agencies

Sixteen more universities commit to divestment, according to People & Planet

Plugging a multibillion-pound deficit exacerbated by June’s poll result may require ‘drastic measures’, analysts have warned

More funding is needed to keep scientific research in the Netherlands strong, warn universities

South Korea and Japan lead Reuters’ Asia innovation ranking

New University Alliance chair John Latham ‘wouldn’t want to be unaligned’ as an institution

It is unclear what Theresa May’s policy will mean in practice, but it could draw universities into the heart of economic planning

Knowledge exchange income is up to £4.2 billion, while university spin-offs and start-ups also posted strong growth

Government plans rise in research spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP, far above UK

Vice-chancellor predicts that sector’s ‘slightly snobbish’ attitude will be swiftly eroded

Concerns raised over splitting research and universities, while Theresa May’s focus on ‘industrial strategy’ prompts questions

Times Higher Education’s debut event on universities’ innovation and impact will be held in partnership with The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Teesside has been hit hard economically by the closure of a steelwork plant and the loss of thousands of jobs, says Jane Turner. The area's university has a huge role to play in its recovery

David Matthews reports from Canada on a model that gives students up to two years in work placements

Energy, ingenuity and international outlook make HK a fertile territory for success, says Peter Mathieson

Gearing research too far towards industry goals can lead to short-termist approach, warns Brian MacCraith

Paper finds that UK sandwich course students ‘outshine’ their overseas counterparts in the final year of university

Graduate start-ups also show employment and turnover growth, although fewer are being founded

Academic casts doubt on universities’ spin-off success and impact on SMEs

A UK university is leading a team to promote academic links with industry in Colombia, Panama and beyond

Hermann Hauser, who led efforts to launch Catapult network of commercialisation centres, sees a major cultural difference between UK and Germany

How do universities rated ‘best for industry connections’ improve their students’ employability?

Institutions will struggle with Chinese government push on entrepreneurship, Ellie Bothwell hears Zhejiang University dean tell conference in Beijing

Conference hears that fundamental skills, rather than specific languages, will serve graduates throughout their careers

Scholars in the UK and Australia contemptuous of impact statements and often exaggerate them, study suggests

Times Higher Education World University Rankings data reveal the 20 best institutions based on private-sector investment per academic

Despite claims that engagement with business is as important as research and teaching, academics find they have no time for work outside the academy

Partnership of five universities has so far helped new businesses raise more than £1bn

Subra Suresh fears that business short-termism, increasing research costs and worries over cybersecurity are undermining the incentives to invest

Comments by Sir Keith Burnett follows criticisms from business minister than some universities held a 'snobbish' attitude to the courses

The most popular higher education articles of the year, based on website traffic

Sheffield Engineering Leadership Academy aims to equip graduates with the ‘soft skills’ required for industry or academia

British Council announces new partnership as Indian prime minister visits UK

New vice-chancellor Hugh Brady hopes innovation programmes will spur graduates to become social and business entrepreneurs

The former Labour Cabinet minister talks about her foray into the world of university senior management

Campuses are one of the ‘strongest bits of the innovation system’ and will be crucial to its ‘rebuild’, conference hears

Inspired by previous movement in 1960s, PhD students say that ‘science is not neutral’ and urge scientists to confront their assumptions

It seems unlikely that charity donors will want to pay for university research overheads – but someone will have to eventually

Australian advocates of alternative treatments lobby Canberra for more state funding for research

Fledgling company reaches out to the US sector to help broker university and industry collaboration

Fundraising consultant says management restructure would increase industry funding to HE

Global analysis shows hospital studies increasingly important but industry publications dip

Academy Award-winning actor visits archives and old laboratories where the famous British scientist worked

C’est chic: British fashion schools triumph in inaugural Business of Fashion global ranking

We talk to the new chancellor of the University of Westminster

Industry-focused offshoot with Jaguar Land Rover link offers teaching from school to manager level

Ellie Bothwell introduces our four ‘innovation indicators’ and reveals the strongest performers as we visualise a new ranking based on university-industry collaboration

Sector needs national standards and more industry links to drive and sustain economy, say experts

Lecturer who masterminded student-run commercial operation Re:So shortlisted for enterprise education award

Director of knowledge exchange hub says that the arts and humanities can play a key role in bringing creative companies and academics together