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8 biggest challenges for universities in 2021
The digital revolution Call it a pivot, call it a crash course, call it an overnight transformation – when universities…
6th January 2021
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University spinouts: build your own unicorn in 2021
The government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda aims to equalise the distribution of growth nationwide, yet it has mostly focused on town…
27th December 2020
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Universities and Industry 4.0: are you ready?
The impact of Covid-19, tuition fee challenges and a reduction in European funding means that UK universities are having to…
18th December 2020
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University spinout companies: where are all the women?
The UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Roadmap sets out the government’s vision for the country to become a ‘science superpower…
24th November 2020
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Universities and the media during Covid-19
Universities and the media maelstrom September 2020 saw a fourfold increase in media coverage of UK universities, compared to 2015….
16th November 2020
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‘Students and academics cannot sit in isolation from business’
When you think about the role that universities need to play in our society what immediately springs to mind? Without…
14th November 2020
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How data can help universities prepare for uncertainty
Uncertainty is the word of the moment. The higher education (HE) sector has been under increasing strain for the last…
12th November 2020
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University councils ‘in denial about the problems they face’
Even before the coronavirus pandemic hit, the UK university sector faced a real and possibly existential crisis in governance, funding…
31st October 2020
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Commercialisation ‘the key’ to financial security
Universities are not immune from the impact of the global Covid-19 pandemic. They suffered the pressure of temporary closures and the…
30th October 2020
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All welcome: inclusivity and Covid-19
There is no doubt that 2020 has been a turbulent year for higher education. Universities and their staff have had…
26th October 2020
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