Research and innovation are among Scotland’s economic assets, and it’s official that Scotland’s university research is more actively linked to industry than in any other area of the UK when measured by joint authorship of academic papers. A new report out from Frontier Economics today, commissioned by the Scottish Funding Council reinforces & quantifies the…
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A Frontier Economics report quantifies the strong collaboration between Scottish universities and business on research and innovation.
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UK student visa reforms risk collateral damage to higher education
As first published in The Scotsman newspaper on Tuesday 2 June, our Convener, Professor James A Miller FRSE has written a opinion piece on the changes to the BCA metrics. You can find the associated news piece by Catorina Stewart here and the opnion piece here. Universities support the need for a robust and…
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