Yesterday’s report entitled: Securing a sustainable future for higher education: an independent review of higher education funding and student finance called for student fees to be funded up front by the government up to £6,000 through a system of loans and graduate repayments.
Don’t cut R&D now, says Chief Exec of Universities
The UK spends just 1.78 per cent of GDP on research and development, placing it below countries including the US, Japan, Germany and France, according to the latest OECD figures.
Universities and business
Universities will have to change to more accurately meet the needs and changing requirements of both business and society at large
US company powers into Keele
Rosi Monkman, business support manager at Keele University Science and Business Park said that the university’s central UK location was a “key factor in attracting high-calibre, international companies looking for a base from which to enter the UK and European markets”.