For democracy to succeed must Brexit fail?
The catastrophic failure of Brexit – or at least a muddlesome mess at the end of the Brexit process – might give pause for people not just in the UK but across…
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The rise of the Little People – the EU’s challenge
Determined to deal directly and only with state capitals, the EU has always kept the regions at arm’s length, writes Murray Ritchie. All across the European Union the “little people” are asserting…
Universities fight McCarthyite witch hunt
A Conservative MP stands accused of compiling a ‘hit list’ of university professors who teach Brexit courses, reports Aban Contractor. Theresa May’s Government was today forced to defend the independence of the…
A future that leaves equality behind
Times are a changing for education, health, employment and income. John Egan reports on the findings of the OECD on emerging inequalities. For a young man born at the turn of the…
Productivity, Productivity, Productivity
Today sees the publication of a comprehensive review of the state of the nation and the potential impacts of Brexit in the OECD’s 2017 economic survey of the UK, writes John Egan….
UK universities provide a £95bn economic boost
When it comes to annual turnover, universities have overtaken other large industries, including advertising and marketing, air and spacecraft manufacturing sectors, Aban Contractor reports. Universities in the United Kingdom generated more than…
Innovating in an information-dominated world
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) yesterday presented their analysis of how emerging digital technologies will profoundly disrupt the operations of global industry and commerce, reports John Egan from Paris….
Scotland and Wales have no plans to become the sacrificial lambs of Brexit
The UK’s devolved nations could be the rocks upon which a Brexit deal is wrecked, writes Murray Ritchie. For months Scotland and Wales have been complaining that Theresa May’s approach to Brexit…
Europe: two steps forward one step back
A slightly diminished Merkel could not have wished for anything better in her changed circumstances than an ambitious, reform-minded and determined French partner, Geoff Kitney writes. Europe is a hard story to…
Brexit: university manoeuvres
A French revolution sees a new grouping of top universities prepare to take on the world, Aban Contractor reports from Paris. The discussions that followed Britain’s decision to leave the European Union…