Imperial College London is to lay off 17 academics in life sciences after judging their units to be underperforming on research income and citation counts.Critics warn that some undergraduate modules...
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHHealth Technology Assessment Programme• Award winner: Ajit Lalvani• Institution: Imperial College London• Value: £1,663,389Interferon gamma tests for the rapid...
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University of the Arts LondonKaren DoyleKaren Doyle's passion for protecting the arts during these difficult economic times will inspire her in her new job. Currently director of communications and...
United StatesPrivatisation not our destinationThe University of California should enrol more out-of-state applicants, encourage more students to graduate in three years and offer more online classes...
Scholars attack state's treatment of renowned Academy of Sciences. Matthew Reisz reports
Universities have expressed relief following the relatively modest cuts to higher education funding announced in the Republic of Ireland's emergency Budget last week.The grant allocated to...
There is little substance to the government's promise to 'beef up' university access agreements, says Graeme Atherton
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These photographs of a lava eruption were taken by a PhD student at the University of Bristol during a visit to the Afar Rift in Ethiopia.Lorraine Field, from the department of Earth sciences at...
Labour leader Ed Miliband hit back at David Cameron as the two University of Oxford graduates tussled over their days among the dreaming spires. During Prime Minister's Questions on 8 December, Mr...
Government may be forced to regulate if too many institutions charge maximum. Simon Baker writes
John Morgan reports on the six hours of detention that greeted London fees protesters
The massive cut to the teaching budget could have been even greater, were it not for lobbying by vice-chancellors, because many in the coalition government believe there are "too many" students and...
Critics say coalition plan will be a disincentive to accept poorer students. Rebecca Attwood reports