In 2008, the US Congress reauthorised the Higher Education Act - after a five-year delay. Back in 2003, the House of Representatives passed a controversial revision to the Act that would have created...
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Two free-to-use Web 2.0 tools offer scholars the opportunity for greater collaboration. James Everest reports
English libel law allows all comers from across the globe to chill free speech and still scholarly inquiry. Reform is now essential
Let’s abolish it and nurture scepticism instead, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Universities may have more scope to amend staff employment contracts after a key tribunal ruling.Three lecturers at Edge Hill University who claimed that changes to their contracts amounted to unfair...
Writers of report that triggered Malcolm Gillies' exit advise on his successor. Melanie Newman reports
UKCGE warns that the economy will suffer if PhD capacity is reduced. John Morgan reports
Universities have been accused of not doing enough to support gay and lesbian staff, despite two institutions appearing in a list of the UK’s 100 most gay-friendly employers. For the past two years,...
Writers of Chinese descent are to be supported by a new initiative at the University of Bolton. The university will launch its Writers' Pathway scheme in February, in conjunction with the Chinese...
Mars was warm enough to sustain lakes 3 billion years ago, a team from Imperial College London and University College London has found. The project, funded by the Science and Technology Facilities...
A planned £37.6 million university building has been welcomed as an addition to Liverpool that will make the city "a more attractive place". Liverpool John Moores University has been granted planning...
So-called "cougars" - older, powerful women who choose to date attractive toy boys - are largely the preserve of Hollywood films, according to new research at the University of Wales Institute,...
Educational and cultural links between Nottingham Trent University and institutions in China are to be enhanced through a new scheme that will bring Chinese language teachers to the UK. The...
Tackling the superbug Clostridium difficile, which currently claims four times as many victims as MRSA, could be made easier thanks to a detection system developed by a team at Queen Mary, University...