The UK government has announced a new, fast-track visa scheme to attract the world’s top scientists, researchers and mathematicians into the country.

A high-level delegation from the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Education and its public universities has visited the UK to forge relationships for R&D exchange and collaboration.

A new global priority to embed academia and industry links to foster better outcomes in research and knowledge agendas was a universal agreement across senior stakeholders at the British Council's Global Education Dialogue in Canberra.