Professor Charlie Jeffery CBE, Vice-Chancellor and President at the University of York, has been appointed as the new Chair of Yorkshire Universities. Professor Jeffery takes up the role at a signific...

The AI Research Development Network (AI.RDN+) A joint project by the University of Leeds and Aston University has been awarded £3.4m by the Research England Development Fund to set up a network to ass...

Powering Place Unlocking Potential Yorkshire Universities (YU), the representative body for universities and higher education institutions in Yorkshire, has today (Thursday 25 September) published a n...

KPMG and Mills & Reeve’s ‘Radical Collaboration’ report moves the conversation on collaboration in Higher Education forward. The report takes the theoretical and translates to the practical by detaili...

How Universities Can Help Drive Local and Regional Economies The Institute of Economic Development and AtkinsRéalis have today (Thursday 24 August) published a report on how universities can help driv...

Dr Peter O’Brien, YU Executive Director The end of Yorkshire Universities’ (YU) 2024/25 year coincided with the anniversary of the Government’s first year in office. As we headed into summer, the brea...

Last year had the highest number of pollution events by water companies ever recorded.

Yorkshire Universities (YU) is recruiting a new Associate to work with the YU Executive Team. The role is for a self-employed contractor to lead YU’s work on employment and skills, especially in the a...

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has confirmed that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will announce, at the Spending Review on Wednesday, a funding package for R&D worth £86 ...

Payouts for mis-sold car finance could be another step closer as the financial regulator has set out the factors it will consider if it were to introduce an industry-wide redress scheme. Martin Lewis'...

[FREE TO READ] Chancellor lines up £113bn infrastructure investment package as part of next week’s government spending review

What can the government learn from Total Place?

The inquiry follows a Times investigation that revealed Premier League clubs received millions in public money meant to fund scientific innovation

Campaigner calls compensation schemes ‘quasi-kangaroo courts’ after final offer made in response to his appeal Sir Alan Bates, who led the 20-year campaign for justice for post office operators over the Horizon scandal, has revealed he has been handed a “take it or leave it” compensation offer of less than half his original claim. The 70-year-old, who was knighted last year, has accused the government of presiding over a “quasi-kangaroo court” system for the compensation. Continue reading...

This week’s ‘reset’ deal is a welcome return to pragmatism. But both sides must go further in facing up to the new world order

Schools show centralising can work if it’s focused on mission, not money, says Ian Wiggins

Is Keir Starmer targeting all immigrants?

North West newspaper titles come together on the day that our two city region mayors travel to London calling for backing of new Liverpool to Manchester rail link

Editorial: Northern metro mayors are right to demand a step change in public investment at next month’s government spending review

Communities in three California counties "overwhelmed" as ICE raids ramp up in the region.

Watch live coverage from the Challenge Cup semi-final as Hull KR take on Catalans Dragons at York's LNER Community Stadium.

Tech, trade, finance and military policies are mingling in a manner not seen during the neoliberal era

Energy regulator Ofgem has found more than 34,000 customers were affected between January 2019 and September 2024

[FREE TO READ] Inspectors find Warrington council does not ‘recognise severity of the issues it faces’

Around the world, abducting a child is a serious crime punishable by years behind bars. But when the kidnapper is Russia, justice remains a distant hope. So does the child’s return home. Since the s...

Exclusive: British scientists ‘over the moon’ with re-entry to funding scheme after losing out for three years British scientists are “over the moon” to be back in the EU’s flagship science research programme Horizon after a three-year Brexit lockout, with new data revealing they have been awarded about £500m in grants since re-entry. As the EU secretly draws up strategies for the next seven-year funding cycle in 2027, the UK is hoping its success in the first 12 months since returning to Horizon will leave it in pole position with Germany and France to dominate European science, despite Brexit. Continue reading...