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Chris Havergal

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Editor, @timeshighered

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  • 1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Chris Havergal

    Students in the developing world are likely to have to pay more towards their degrees as demand for higher education mushrooms globally in coming decades, according to the World Bank. Yet-to-be-published research conducted by the financial institution indicates that demand for tertiary education around the world is going to double in the next two decades and that – significantly – by 2040, 82 per cent of university students will be in developing countries.

  • 1 week ago | timeshighereducation.com | Chris Havergal

    Sector leaders must show “moral courage” to combat science denial and rebuild universities’ social licence to operate, according to a vice-chancellor. Dawn Freshwater, vice-chancellor of the University of Auckland, said that efforts to build more sustainable and equitable societies were being undermined by a “truth crisis” in which “objective facts” were being challenged as a shaper of public opinion by misinformation and the power of big technology corporations.

  • 2 weeks ago | timeshighereducation.com | Chris Havergal

    Metropolitan mayors are set to be given control of regional innovation budgets for the first time under Labour’s newly announced plan to spend more than £22.5 billion on research annually by the end of the decade. Ahead of this week’s spending review, chancellor Rachel Reeves said on 8 June that the Westminster government would invest £86 billion in research and development over the next four years, with annual spending topping £22.5 billion a year by 2029-30.

  • 1 month ago | timeshighereducation.com | Chris Havergal

    The University of Liverpool has become the latest member of the UK’s Russell Group to announce plans for an Indian branch campus. Liverpool confirmed on 26 May that the Indian Ministry of Education had been granted permission to open the first foreign university branch campus in Bengaluru.

  • 1 month ago | insidehighered.com | Chris Havergal

    You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The Royal Society has announced a $40 million fund designed to attract global research talent to the U.K.The Faraday Fellowship “accelerated international route” will provide up to $5.4 million per academic or group willing to relocate to British universities and research institutes, over a period of five to 10 years.

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Chris Havergal
Chris Havergal @CHavergalTHE
1 May 25

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Chris Havergal
Chris Havergal @CHavergalTHE
28 Apr 25

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Chris Havergal
Chris Havergal @CHavergalTHE
15 Apr 25

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