David Colquhoun has poured scorn on a vacancy advertised by the University of Westminster for a systems biologist with an interest in "bridging the gap between Western life sciences and Chinese...
Admission-offer data suggest A* A level is an incentive to work harder. Rebecca Attwood writes
Standing in front of a bustling Universities and Colleges Admissions Service call centre in Cheltenham, David Willetts is being quizzed by Channel 4 News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy via a live...
Fears over health of PhD candidate lead institution to abandon discreet strategy. Simon Baker writes
In a move that defies the chilly financial climate, a Scottish university has set a new record for the number of spin-off companies it helped to establish.During 2009-10, the University of Edinburgh...
Study suggests universities need to 'develop a niche' to attract applicants. Hannah Fearn reports
What makes a novelist? Irritability? Unhappiness? Gary Day wonders whether in future it will matter
Hitting the right button - How can researchers improve science reporting?
David Cameron’s vision for Britain threatens associations such as the Research Information Network that help boost UK productivity and efficiency, argues Tara Brabazon
The GCSE pass rate in England and Wales has increased for the 23rd year running, with seven in 10 entrants awarded at least a C and one in five picking up an A* or A grade.
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
Calls have been renewed for a national ballot on proposed changes to the sector’s largest pension scheme after it emerged that £2.9 million in bonuses were paid to investment staff.
As funding for public universities falls, poorer students will feel the pinch. John Gill reports
One in 12 of all A-level examinations sat this year were awarded the new A* grade as the overall pass rate rose for the 28th year in a row. As clearing opened this morning, the Universities and...
This week's A-level results may lead to the keenest clearing rush yet. But do universities' websites tell prospective students what they need to know, Hannah Fearn asks a panel of sixth-formers.