Kill or keep patent applications: the TTO dilemma
A rigorous methodology is essential to manage university patent portfolios, say Bruno Reynolds and Ben Oakley from Isis Enterprise in Oxford
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One in five ERC-funded projects ‘makes scientific breakthrough’
Further 50 per cent of EU-backed schemes result in ‘major scientific advance’
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Science ‘could learn more creativity’ from art colleges
If art has become more academic, might it also be able to refresh other disciplines?
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US economist's Grexit plan attacked by academics
Greek researchers from US institutions hit out at controversial plan drawn up by University of Texas economist
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US college’s diversity requirement prompts debate
Move by Hamilton College in New York sparks discussion about prescriptive attempts to change curricula
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Home Office eases visa rules at four selective universities
Bath, Cambridge, Imperial, Oxford chosen for two-year master's student pilot
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The company that wanted me to write students’ essays in return for cash
Vic Boyd was on the lookout for academic writing opportunities. What she found was somewhat less appetising...
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Israel boycott row ‘destroying relationships’ in US universities
Scholar argues that discussion could benefit from more light and less heat
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Business schools must ditch ‘obsolete’ economics in MBAs
Institutions need to adapt their courses to account for how climate change is altering business, argues former MBA director
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The vocational alternative: a definitive opportunity for universities?
The Sainsbury review represents a huge opportunity for UK universities, while institutions across the world can reap the rewards of vocational courses, says Martin Hall
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University cost-sharing plan ‘too risky’ to implement, says report
Benefits of proposals for reducing the tax costs of sharing university equipment outweighed by legal and financial hurdles, according to N8 research group
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Will REF ‘portability’ plans hobble early career academics?
Concerns that Lord Stern’s proposals for REF 2020 will adversely affect ECRs are misplaced, argues Dame Athene Donald
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Internal promotion at Asian universities ‘works against women’
However, dean at Asian University for Women in Bangladesh says the number of female leaders on the continent is rising