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Should taxpayers still fund university education at a time of crisis? By...
With the recent financial and debt crisis, the extent to which the public can afford to fund universities has become increasingly controversial: in the context of tight public budgets and widespread...
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International Development and Educating the Poor – by Pauline Dixon
Low-cost private education is increasingly popular in poorer regions throughout the world. Professor Pauline Dixon argues that this is a great way of providing education and giving children the chance...
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Education, the MOOC and a Communication Revolution – by Jon C. Lovett
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have allowed millions of people to gain access to free education. Professor Jon C. Lovett, one of the pioneers of MOOCs in the UK, explains how he did it, and why...
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How does academic research really benefit business? By Federica Rossi and...
Recent in-depth studies of companies that work with academics challenge some commonly held ideas about technology transfer. Dr Federica Rossi and Professor Aldo Geuna look at the evidence to determine...
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The New Normal
Ralph Fevre explores the history behind the Referendum and what next for Britain. The 2016 EU referendum vote requires a long process of readjustment in British internal politics. For forty years,...
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The Emergence of University-Private Firm Research and Development Agreements
Due to declining governmental funding for basic science, public-private research partnerships have played an increasingly important role in supporting innovative university research and development....
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Embrace Disruption
Why universities are under threat? What do they need to do if they are to survive? Mark Farrell and John A. Davis argue that universities outside the elite must embrace disruption or succumb to it....
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Re-asserting the public good role of higher education in turbulent times
John Goddard and Ellen Hazelkorn examine the policy and leadership challenges of higher education’s engagement with the outside world. Across the US and much of Europe there is a growing populist...
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The Social Investment Approach to Social Welfare
James Midgley, Espen Dahl and Amy Conley Wright examine how social investment ideas have been adopted in different countries and the resulting outcomes. These are perilous times for social welfare...
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Education as Public Policy in China
W. John Morgan explains how policy has impacted higher education in China. China is a country marked by sharp differences in regional development and by social inequalities, especially between rural...
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