Between a rock and a hard place
International student fees are propping up UK universities, but with immigration a key electoral battleground politicians seem not to care
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Transforming in three dimensions: challenges of digital innovation in HE
Digital transformation is inevitable, but as a Times Higher Education gathering heard, getting it right is complex and fraught with challenges
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‘Set clear boundaries’ for healthy industry-academia partnerships
Companies must understand that it is not the job of a university to conduct commercial product development, summit hears
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‘Break out of silos’ to share research technology and data
Tying state-of-the-art digital research infrastructure to particular research communities should give way to more equitable landscape, conference hears
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Lessons to be learned
A lack of long-term, sustainable policymaking is crippling universities, and the same mistakes are afflicting those involved in teacher education
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Hope in short supply as election looms
Universities are in a funding cul-de-sac, blocked in by negative rhetoric about their role and value. Will a likely change of government provide a way out?
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Courting controversy
As battles over industrial relations and identity politics rage, higher education’s fault lines are increasingly a matter for the courts. Is anyone winning?
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What next for duty of care debate?
The desire of bereaved parents to establish a statutory duty of care towards students is understandable – but for universities it remains a fraught issue
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A success recast as a great mistake
Across the Western world, decades of growth in university participation are being repainted as a policy error as funding woes come to a head
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Waning powers
Higher education has long been a trump card for the West, helping it to win hearts and minds. If that advantage slips, the impact will be far-reaching
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Icebergs, straight ahead
After years of warnings, a dip in international enrolments risks tipping universities into crisis. It is deeply strange that government seems not to care
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The view from the bridge
Recent years have thrown up both predictable challenges and unforeseeable exogenous events at universities. What do sector leaders foresee in 2024?
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In the bleak midwinter
As the year ends, the problems facing universities seem to be stacking ever higher. But will a general election next year bring any respite?
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Biting the hand that feeds higher education
With its funding system on life support, and its ‘science superpower’ ambitions, the UK must stop treating international talent as an imposition
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Centaurs, cyborgs and roboprofs
A year after ChatGPT brought generative AI to the masses, we now know it has the potential to change everything – the AI-augmented future is now