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  • Friday, 6 December, 2019
    Private equity
    Private equity: the bottom line benefits from gender diversity

    HEC business school’s research proves that women deliver better deals

  • Friday, 6 December, 2019
    UK general election
    Parties accused of failing to address schools inequality

    Election pledges unlikely to help disadvantaged children, says think-tank

  • Thursday, 5 December, 2019
    Andrew Hill
    Mate: the Argentine drink yet to conquer the world

    In an era of globalised tastes, why has the South American nation’s favourite brew, not travelled?

  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
    European business schools
    Political climate influences students’ choice of business school

    European business schools’ efforts to attract international students pay off

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    Scotland’s progress in reducing education inequality slows

    UK ranks above average among OECD countries in Pisa analysis but below many Asian nations

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    Rich-nation education splurge fails to deliver results

    Pisa analysis shows Asians still outperform in reading, maths and science

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
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    How a business education helped a Palestinian fulfil her ambition to work for the UN

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    Michael Skapinker
    How English speakers can stop confusing everyone else

    Do not beat about the bush with idioms when it comes to making your meaning clear

  • Monday, 2 December, 2019
    European business schools
    French business schools’ funding conundrum

    Shrinking subsidies mean some institutions are courting private investors, raising fears about the implications for teaching and research

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    Messy jargon can swamp lucid business thinking

    There is the seed of a useful idea floating somewhere at the bottom of the swamp of mixed metaphor

  • Monday, 2 December, 2019
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    Business schools embrace games as a learning tool

    Using play in the classroom can help take the anxiety out of stressful scenarios

  • Thursday, 28 November, 2019
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    Universities strike is over more than just pensions

    Excellence of the UK’s higher education system needs to be preserved

  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2019
    Special ReportFT Wealth: December 2019
    Coming clean on dirty money after the Epstein scandal

    Institutions are under ever greater scrutiny over donations from tainted sources

  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
    UK universities
    University staff launch 8-day strike across UK

    Dispute over pensions, wages and conditions may spread to other institutions next year, union warns

  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
    Liu Xiaoming
    China wants deeper educational links with Britain

    Charges of interference in the academic freedom of UK institutions are baseless

  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
    Unesco accord pushes for recognition of educational qualifications

    Framework seeks to address issue that limits job opportunities for large number of graduates

  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
    Executive education
    The Catholic Church takes lessons from business management

    Priests head to the Vatican for classes in leadership skills that embody church values

  • Sunday, 24 November, 2019
    UK labour disputes
    Why are UK university lecturers going on strike?

    Staff at 60 institutions involved in action over pay, pensions and zero-hour contracts

  • Friday, 22 November, 2019
    Executive MBA
    ‘It was a really good change for me’

    DJ Kim says the course helped her to see the real value of people on her team

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    UK general election
    Labour promises public sector workers a 5% pay rise

    NHS, education and social care to get more funding and universal credit axed

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    Special ReportHealth at Work
    Academics forced to act as ‘fourth emergency service’

    Mental health services for students are improving fast, but support remains patchy for university staff

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    Executive MBA
    Graduates share their EMBA insights

    Previous students reflect on how the programme influenced their career prospects

  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2019
    Executive MBA
    Why Cisco’s ‘spin-ins’ never caught on

    Corporate backed start-ups had many advantages but they stirred up too much envy at parent company

  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2019
    UK universities
    UK universities are asked to curb impact of lecturers’ strike

    Higher education institutions face 8 days of action over pensions and pay

  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2019
    Personal Finance
    Financial education fails to add up for young people

    Four out of five students say they are not taught enough practical money lessons in schools

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