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To improve the nation’s productivity, keep investing in university research

Steven Hill, Head of Research Policy | 30 September 2015

A slew of evidence shines a light on how productivity benefits from investment in research, and reveals a word with many meanings.

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Finding the skills to fix the foundations

Professor Ewart Keep, Director, Centre on Skills, Knowledge & Organisational Performance, Oxford University | 23 September 2015
Finding the skills to fix the foundations

Skills are central to boosting productivity, but skills policy must confront the challenges of the current labour market and the problem of supply.

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Innovation, research and the UK’s productivity crisis

Professor Richard Jones, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Research and Innovation, University of Sheffield | 15 September 2015
Innovation, research and the UK’s productivity crisis

The productivity puzzle comes back to slowing innovation, which means we need to consolidate the country’s excellent research base.

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Yes, higher education is worth it

Peter Seddon, Senior Higher Education Policy Adviser, HEFCE | 21 August 2015
Yes higher education is worth it

Are there too many graduates in too many low-skilled jobs? A consensus of evidence suggests otherwise, but the long view of graduate skills is a changing and hydra-headed challenge.

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Why industry differences matter to productivity

Alice Frost, Head of Knowledge Exchange policy | 04 August 2015

Higher education is central to national productivity – but different approaches will be needed for different economic sectors.

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How universities can expand the nation’s ‘stock and flow’

Alice Frost, Head of Knowledge Exchange policy | 15 July 2015

Can the higher education sector increase the nation’s human and intellectual capital, and put it in the right hands?

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The productivity jigsaw

Alice Frost, Head of Knowledge Exchange policy | 24 June 2015

Can higher education contribute some of the key missing pieces to the puzzle of long-term, sustainable growth?

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