Canada set to step on the international accelerator
Provinces agree to work together to promote a 'national brand' abroad. Sarah Cunnane reports
Provinces agree to work together to promote a 'national brand' abroad. Sarah Cunnane reports
A strike by university students in Puerto Rico has begun in the wake of the imposition of an $800 (£513) annual tuition fee and ill feeling about the presence of police on campus.Police took action...
Bucks New UniversityPersuasive case for collaborationA UK university has signed an agreement with a college in Saudi Arabia to help it set up the first advertising school in the Gulf. Academics from...
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHService Delivery and Organisation Programme• Award winner: Steven Goodacre• Institution: University of Sheffield• Value: £152,304Emergency planning in healthcare...

Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Cold comfort in the Gulag
University of HuddersfieldBarbara ConwayA former community pharmacist, Barbara Conway, is to use her years of expertise to set up new courses for pharmacy students in Huddersfield.She joins the...
If fees reform puts graduates off postgraduate study, where will academia find its new blood, asks Sir Adam Roberts
Many turn to God in the face of death, but two critics of religion, 230 years apart, have the same calm courage, writes Robert Zaretsky

The medical literature contains many articles that relate to the Christmas season. Some report the curious and others the tragic. Among the latter are reports concerning increased depression and...

Much has been said and written about the tuition-fee protests in London, but few commentators have taken the tack of former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher. Asked on 16 December for his take on the...
Hepi claims cuts to places revealed in grant letter could push up fees. Simon Baker reports

Government announces 45.7 per cent reduction over four years. Paul Jump reports
Carelessness at Christmas has a nasty habit of biting you on the bum, research suggests.One paper published in the British Medical Journal in 1983 recounts the case of an 86-year-old woman who...
A vice-chancellor who stepped down as her university was struggling to tackle a huge financial deficit received a payout of £265,000 after she announced that she was leaving, accounts have shown.The...
HEA demands qualifications for new teachers, but universities fear the cost. Rebecca Attwood reports