Higher education

Unexpected, sudden and very large cuts come at a time when Finland needs innovation-driven growth more than ever, says Aalto University President Tuula Teeri

Representatives from 21 of Europe's leading research universities met at Imperial on Friday and Saturday.

ETH Zurich continues its fine rise across all major league tables, while US universities fall down a bit

UCL is to build a new second campus on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, to form part of a wider Education and Cultural Quarter following the government's announcement of £141m in support of the project.

Science|Business reveals member states’ bids for education projects they want to see funded under the EU’s new €315B Fund for Strategic Investment, unveiled last week

This week Aalto University hosted the OECD ‘What works’ Conference. The theme of the event was entrepreneurship and higher education. Over the course of two days of seminars, lectures, and workshops, experts in the field shared their experiences and ideas about best practice in an inspirational atmosphere.

The interdisciplinary vision of the future that inspired the formation of Aalto University has arrived. This has profound implications for undergraduate education, says the university’s President, Tuula Teeri. Students must be equipped to re-invent themselves, she tells Science|Business

Forget the theory: students are inspired by problem-solving and turning know-how into entrepreneurship. Even dissent is a focus for innovation, says John Einar Hustad of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology