When The THES reported that lecturers at the private European School of Economics in London were having to teach students without many basic facilities and were facing regular battles just to get...
Ten years on from the end of binary divide in higher education, Claire Sanders assesses the successes and failures of new universities in a united sector Ten years ago Liverpool Polytechnic declined...
UK universities could be forced to charge VAT on research contracts after a ruling last week in the European Court of Justice. The ECJ ruled that German legislation, which exempts scientific research...
The city of Venice is being held in limbo by two conflicting forces of nature, both consequences of climate change, writes Steve Farrar. An increase in the number of surges caused by higher sea...
Astronomers have found an ageing star that is spewing narrow, rotating streams of water molecules into space like a lawn sprinkler, writes Steve Farrar. The discovery could betray the cosmic artistry...
Summer schools for students about to enter university can cut dropout rates dramatically, according to a study by Peter Jones and Michael Abramson of the University of Central Lancashire. Mr Jones...
Young Asian women are overrepresented on courses in medicine while mature, black men are overrepresented in social work courses, according to a study by the Universities and Colleges Admissions...
The University of Malta, founded by Jesuits in 1592 to produce the island's own lawyers and priests, is braced for rapid change as accession to the European Union moves from distant aspiration to...
The Nsukka campus of the University of Nigeria has been closed after a gun battle between rival student cults left at least 18 people dead. The attackers opened fire on students from the engineering...
Students in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia stormed the regional parliament in Dusseldorf last week in protest at plans to introduce student registration fees and penalty fees for long-...
Australia's prime minister has indicated that he supports vice-chancellors' calls for greater freedom to set tuition fees. John Howard has promised to reconsider deregulation proposals from the...
Academics and students in New Zealand have resurrected a pressure group to lobby for more public funding for higher education in the run-up to the snap election called by the Labour government,...
A leading US school has embarked on a quest to find the holy grail of university league tables - how to measure accurately the academic impact an institution makes on its students. Columbia...
Week one: Monday Four piles of application forms for departmental posts arrive from personnel. Turn with hope to the largest, ICT in education. The first CV states: "Aim: to secure a good, well-paid...
Margaret MacMillan, professor of history at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada, this week became the first woman to win the UK's biggest non-fiction award, the £30,000 Samuel Johnson prize. Her...