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From Closed organisation: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS)
From The Rt Hon David Willetts
  • New links between UK and China universities

    Universities in the UK and China have announced a series of new partnerships, expanding the opportunities for students to learn overseas.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK and China: building a long-term relationship

    Prime Minister David Cameron, accompanied by 6 government ministers, is leading a trade mission to China this week.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Open access research

    David Willetts updates Berlin Open Access Conference delegates on the UK's commitment to an open access policy for publicy-funded research.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK companies must do more to tackle cyber threat

    The UK's top companies are not considering cyber risks in their decision making, a new survey has revealed.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Bledisloe Memorial Lecture 2013 on science, technology and agriculture

    David Willetts gave the Royal Agricultural University 2013 Bledisloe Lecture on the important role of science and technology in agriculture.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New chair of the Natural Environment Research Council appointed

    Sir Anthony Cleaver appointed as the new chair of the Natural Environment Research Council

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £800 million to help UK students study overseas

    Thousands of UK students will be helped to study overseas thanks to the new EU programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Scotland and the rest of the UK’s research base – a strong union

    The latest Scotland Analysis paper is released today (11 November 2013)

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Strategy positions UK as world leader on data science

    A new strategy will ensure the UK is well placed to take advantage of the opportunities for using data.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell appointed as interim-Chair of the Student Loans Company

    Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell appointed as interim-Chair of the Student Loans Company.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Employers champion part-time study in higher education

    Employers in the UK find that staff studying for part-time degrees are more pro-active and willing to take on demanding responsibilities

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Give universities bigger role in growing economy: Witty

    Encouraging a British invention revolution: Sir Andrew Witty's review of universities and growth is published today

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £186 million boost for technologies of the future

    A package of investment in the 8 great technologies of the future will accelerate high-tech progress from the lab to the marketplace

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New initiative to support $40 billion smart cities in the UK

    The UK’s cities will be helped to get smart, thanks to the launch of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’s new Smart Cities

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • David Willetts: Response to Nobel Prize

    The University of Edinburgh’s Professor Peter Higgs has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £400 million will help science and engineering students get ahead in the global race and encourage more women to study these subjects

    Science and engineering teaching at English universities will receive a £400 million boost

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • University brings massive boost to earnings and the economy

    Two reports show that university study delivers huge benefits to both graduates' earnings and the UK economy.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • University brings massive boost to earnings and economy

    New data shows female students who progress to university can expect to boost their lifetime earnings by £250,000, and men by £165,000.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK Atomic Energy Authority board members re-appointed

    David Willetts announces the re-appointment of Professor Roger Cashmore as Chair of the UK Atomic Energy Authority

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New push to grow UK’s £17.5 billion education exports industry

    Ambitious strategy to expand the UK’s education exports industry, worth £17.5 billion to the economy, published.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government