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Greg Clark, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) delivered the industrial strategy white paper ‘Building a Britain fit for the future’ on Monday. The white paper provides a five-part structure setting out how the government will seek to coordinate policies to secure higher investment and productivity. These are – ideas (R&D… Read more » about Will the White Paper build a Britain fit for the future through higher education?

UCAS, the university admissions service, last week released their End of Cycle Report 2017 which confirmed a record number of international students have been accepted to take degree courses at UK universities. This is the fifth successive year acceptances from this group have increased. Admissions saw a 5 per cent growth in non-EU acceptances, up… Read more » about International student admissions to UK universities reach record number

Student Voters: How to Register For the 2017 General Election*   Make sure your opinion is counted in the General Election by registering to vote. Here’s how: Am I eligible to vote? You can vote in the referendum if you’re registered and are 18 or over on the day of the vote. You must be… Read more » about General Election 2017: Registering to Vote

This morning, UK Prime Minister Theresa May kept us on our toes as we were told of her plans to interrupt all major TV channels with an unexpected major announcement outside of Downing Street.  The media had been informed less than two hours before it was scheduled to begin at 11:15, causing a bit of chaos… Read more » about Snap Election: UK’s voters out again this June as PM calls for early election

Universities UK has published a new ComRes poll that once again reveals that the majority of the British public are happy to continue welcoming the same number of international students, or even more, to the UK. The latest poll is the result of interviews conducted online during March 2017, which gathered responses from over 4,000 British adults. Key… Read more » about Majority of British public welcome international students, ComRes poll suggests

This week, Britain is hosting the UK FinTech (financial technology) Week in London.  The centrepiece event of Fintech Week 2017 is the first International FinTech Conference organised by HM Treasury and the Department for International Trade, which took place today. The event was hosted by Chancellor Hammond, and featured some leading figures such as: Governor of… Read more » about ‘We have the talent, the entrepreneurs, and the markets’, says the Chancellor at the International FinTech Conference

Nature has published research by authors Robert Tijssen, Wout Lamers and Alfredo Yegros on Brexit: UK universities and European Industry which claims that ‘many decades’ worth of UK investment [with the EU] in valuable human capital and vulnerable social capital is at risk’. Analysing data of university-industry research collaboration and cross-sectoral mobility patterns, the authors reveal the importance… Read more » about Severing links with European industry will harm UK’s university-industry R&D, research suggests

TheDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published the lastest statistics on Horizon 2020 funding highlighting the importance of EU funding to UK institutions for Higher Education. The UK received a share of 16.6% of EU funding for EU member-states coming second in rank of total EC funding:  this funding has allowed Britain to… Read more » about South West England takes in 9.2% of EU funding to the UK

Times Higher Education has launched yet another of their Rankings today.  The Young University Rankings use the same methodology used in the World University Ranking (WUR) – also conducted by THE – but recalibrates performance indicators based on goals of young universities. Indicators such as reputation, for example, weigh less than in the WUR due to the… Read more » about Young Universities demonstrate the power of good teaching, research and internationalisation