A group of UK science journalists has met privately with Lord Drayson, the Science Minister, to advise on the principles that should underpin the relationship between the Government and independent...
Head to add signature to new petition calling for reform of English legislation. Zoë Corbyn reports
After more than five decades of praying for it - literally - King's College London has finally acquired the east wing of Somerset House.The university will move into the historic building as part of...
Higher education staff look set to settle for a 0.5 per cent pay rise after the University and College Union decided not to oppose the offer.The UCU's higher education committee met on 4 December,...
A weak pound and an economic surge among emerging nations could lead to a healthier overseas market for UK universities in 2010, according to an economist.Robin Bew, editorial director and chief...
The main parties' desire for students to be 'better informed' is dangerous, futile and immoral, warns Roger Brown
The admissions process seeks applicants with indefinable qualities, deemed able to develop critical, questioning minds, writes Mary Evans
Gary Day is moved by the stories of those close to death and fascinated by a preserved pachyderm
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Antibiotic resistance in bacteria found in humans is to be investigated by a £4.5 million research project led by University College London. The project, funded by a European Community grant, will...
A lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender research network for northwestern England has been launched by the University of Salford. The institution hopes that the network will link research already...
Plants that respond better to changes in the environment - giving greater crop yields under conditions of global warming - could be developed following a study into weeds that grow in pavement cracks...
Books on topics ranging from human rights to memoirs are to be published by a new commercial publishing arm launched by Kingston University. Kingston University Press will aim to publish mainstream...
Cheating athletes are to be targeted by an anti-doping laboratory run by King's College London during the Olympic Games in 2012. King's has joined forces with GlaxoSmithKline to enable the university...
Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National Party, has been voted the worst former student of the University of Cambridge in a poll by a student newspaper. The right-wing MEP topped the survey...