Graduate visa ‘does not offer any skills value’ to UK labour market, MP claims May 15, 2024 The graduate visa system “does not offer any value to the skills of the UK labour market”, an Conservative MP has claimed.
End ‘damaging speculation’ over graduate visas, business groups warn May 14, 2024 Government must end the “damaging speculation” over the graduate visa route, business lobby groups have warned.
International students are a growth strategy, not an immigration problem May 14, 2024 Higher education is an export worth more to the UK economy than tobacco. Rebranding international students as an immigration issue will do real damage to businesses, say Jamie Arrowsmith and John Foster Since 2019, this government has been quietly delivering one of the most successful strategic policies in recent memory. The target: to drive a [...]
Will it work? Cuts to university arts funding April 11, 2024 Sam Fowles takes policies on their own terms and asks if they solve the problem they’re supposed to. Today, cuts to university arts funding.
Multiverse snaps up US-based AI software company Searchlight April 9, 2024 Multiverse plans to use Searchlight's technology to speed up the integration of generative AI and machine learning into its operations.
The Debate: Do too many people go to university? February 14, 2024 Half Britain's youth go to university, but many end up in jobs which they're overqualified for and saddled with debt. So should less young people head off to uni?
Pearson’s virtual schools slow amid tech drive for publisher January 17, 2024 Pearson has reported a 20 per cent slowdown in its virtual learning unit as it attempts to pivot to become a tech-first company.
Skills shortages? London continues to see fewest apprenticeship starts per 1,000 December 18, 2023 London has continued to see the fewest apprenticeship starts by population of any region in the UK, amid warnings of a “recruitment crisis” facing the city.
The Notebook: Professor Steven Spier on modernising the university experience December 14, 2023 Professor Steven Spier, Vice-Chancellor of Kingston University, says educators must step up to meet the AI revolution.
Sunak pledges to cut taxes and make Britain the best place for business November 20, 2023 Rishi Sunak has pledged to cut taxes and make Britain “the best country in the world to do business” ahead of this week’s autumn statement.