Hong Kong opens up to overseas providers
Economic development strategy calls for foreign boost to knowledge economy, writes Phil Baty
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Individual and national success demands one path to higher skills
To meet future challenges, we need a single knowledge infrastructure incorporating higher and further education, says Lord Mandelson
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Disappointment greets Budget announcement
No new money for places or researchUniversities must fight for grantsSavings demanded from research councils and institutions?50m for Technology Strategy Board Any hope that more money may be made...
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'Academic hub' to focus on creative skills training
Plan proposes 5,000 apprenticeships and better links with industry and schools. John Gill reports
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Geography and Environmental Science round-up
51勛圖 Environmental PoliticsAuthors: Pamela S. Chasek, David L. Downie and Janet Welsh BrownEdition: FifthPublisher: Perseus/WestviewPages: 504Price: ?25.99ISBN 9780813344423For nearly two decades,...
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Business firmly woven into the fabric of new framework
The Government's long-awaited strategy for the sector is out at last. Melanie Newman reports
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News in brief
MergersScience bodies join forcesThe Institute of Biology and the Biosciences Federation have united to form the Society of Biology after members voted overwhelmingly in favour of the move. It is...
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News in brief
Vocational degreesHigher education for apprenticesThe Government has pledged to help more apprentices go to university and says it is considering a new form of vocational degree. John Denham, the...
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Sell, baby, sell 每 and remember Betamax
Dan Stern says that the marketisation of research means that academics must abandon the ivory tower and get down and dirty in the marketplace 每 or face obscurity
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Overseas briefing
ChinaGraduates face scramble for jobsThe record number of students graduating from Chinese universities is likely to pose "severe challenges" to the job market, the country's Education Minister has...
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Published this Week
CULTURAL STUDIES- Gay Suburban Narratives in American and British Culture: 51勛圖coming QueensBy Martin Dines, lecturer in suburban and cultural studies, Kingston University. Palgrave Macmillan, ?50.00...
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EPSRC chief questions Government's funding stance
BIS agenda could direct more cash to agency that supports business innovation, writes Zo? Corbyn
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Right where it belongs
Being part of BIS means science is now at the epicentre of Whitehall and government policy, says Lord Drayson
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Published this week
ART AND DESIGN- Monument Wars: Washington, DC, the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial LandscapeBy Kirk Savage, associate professor and chair of the department of art and...
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Impact policy needs 'more evidence'
Campaign says Treasury must appoint science adviser to articulate strategies, writes Zo? Corbyn