UK companies should play a bigger role in higher education, says a new report from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). In Stronger Together: Business and Universities in Turbulent Times, the CBI, a lobbying organization, suggests that science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education would improve if industry provided, for example, increased input on course content and more work-experience opportunities. Students need more information about the “value business places on particular skills”, says the report (see http://highereducation.cbi.org.uk). A 2009 CBI survey found that two-thirds of science, high-tech and information-technology UK firms believed the content of STEM degrees was not relevant to their needs.