Increasing employer training spend ‘urgent’, says Labour MP
Politician calls on businesses to bear more of the costs of upskilling the workforce as universities wait for lifelong learning policy details
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Academic jobs on the line in Macquarie restructure
Savings only part of the motivation for university’s ‘realignment’ to ‘remain relevant’, but union says management wants the humanities ‘burned’
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Inner skills are the missing link when it comes to SDG progress
University staff are well positioned to lead by example as they engage with global challenges, say María Florencia Amigó, Sarah Lisle and Ruby Campbell
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Beware ‘rushed’ teaching changes amid financial crisis, staff say
Universities eye ‘block teaching’ as way of attracting more students but staff at places that have made the switch warn it is having the opposite effect
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America’s universities must embrace – not efface – indigenous knowledge
Even in a political climate hostile to diversity, Indigenous people will keep asserting their right to use their languages, say Candace Galla and Madoka Hammine
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Innovation policy ‘should focus on talent as much as spin-outs’
Spending money on ‘hugely expensive Americans’ not a good use of limited resources when talent development structures at risk, warns report author
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South Africa can’t just skill students ‘for the sake of it’
Government targets ‘resuscitation’ of technical institutions and closer private sector ties as youth unemployment soars
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Every place with more than 80,000 people ‘needs a university’
Future growth of UK higher education should not just expand graduate numbers but be tied to regional economic strategies, argues new book
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Durham University exam errors blamed on restructuring ‘chaos’
Students given wrong question and others left without supporting documents, but institution denies impact of voluntary severance programme was to blame
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Competition law and costs ‘holding back mergers’, says UUK
Difficult to get new models of collaboration off the ground without ‘transformation funding’, finds efficiencies review
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Retreat from degree apprenticeships will widen UK skills gap
Uncertainty over the future of degree apprenticeship funding endangers success of crucial upskilling programme, says Exeter v-c Lisa Roberts
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Protest restrictions upheld as universities put ‘safety’ first
Sydney doubles down on rules about indoor demonstrations, lecture announcements and graffiti after review sparked by pro-Palestinian encampments
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Huge hike in endowment tax ‘harder to fight than student bans’
Proposal to increase money paid by top US institutions fifteenfold could prove to have deeper impact than more headline-grabbing Trump policies