Queen’s Birthday Honours: knighthood for outgoing King’s principal
Physicist Brian Cox, author Bernardine Evaristo and former Ucas chief executive Mary Curnock Cook also recognised
Physicist Brian Cox, author Bernardine Evaristo and former Ucas chief executive Mary Curnock Cook also recognised
The government may be putting a new emphasis on universities and the role of research, but the attention may also bring new demands for delivery
The president and dean of the Asian Institute of Management tells Joyce Lau that being an introverted leader and a minority has taught her empathy
Traditions, success and lack of self-reflection limit higher education's role in thought revolutions, says Geoff Mulgan
Social scientists must create a culture in which individuals regularly observe, analyse and interpret their own data, says Geoff Mulgan
The appointment of Geoff Mulgan, one of prime minister Tony Blair's top advisers, to a senior civil service post has reignited opposition concerns about the politicisation of Whitehall. Mr Mulgan, co...
Ahead of Jisc Digifest 2017, Geoff Mulgan has some words of advice for those involved in digital education
Universities are “overshadowed” by research and teaching methods dating back hundreds of years, stifling innovation, a conference has heard.
David Matthews reports from the World Innovation Summit for Education in Doha and hears Tony Blair’s former adviser argue for university ‘turnover’
In a trailer for a forthcoming special issue of Demos, Geoff Mulgan ("Home View", THES, November 1) signals the choice before universities to go global or local. He suggests that the challenge is not...
There are now as many students in the United Kingdom taking higher education courses in further education colleges as there were higher education students in total when Lord Robbins's committee...
Use the web and open-source ideals to evaluate, improve and publicise research, suggests Geoff Mulgan Over the next 12 months, the UK's academic community will need to rethink how it assesses itself...
Simon Midgley reports on Demos in the latest in our series on intelligence units Demos, an independent think tank, was set up in 1993 to help reinvigorate public policy and political thinking. Geoff...
How right Geoff Mulgan (THES, March 15) is to draw attention to the persistent, but constraining, habit of categorising knowledge into traditional academic subject areas. Some years ago the...
This week, for the first time since last November's Budget, the vice chancellors have succeeded in attracting national attention to the funding crisis in universities. They have done so by...