Elizabeth Gibney worked for Times Higher Education from 2012-13. She wrote about postgraduates, early career researchers, knowledge transfer, computing and medical research. Her brief is now covered by research reporter Holly Else.
The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of the West of England has opted not to close its politics and international relations department after a campaign by students and staff to save it.
UK businesses are being failed by the government¡¯s lack of a ¡°coherent strategy to support the commercialisation of technological innovation in the UK¡±, MPs have said.
The Higher Education Policy Institute has mounted a successful drive to recruit more university partners, with the institutions helping to secure the independent thinktank¡¯s long-term future.
The next European Union research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020, has been allocated a budget of almost €71 billion (?60.4 billion) in an agreement reached on 8 February.
