A group of 26 students at Liverpool Hope University will take part in an international volunteering programme. The team will spend between two and four weeks abroad, helping with schemes ranging from...
The contract between the University of Sussex and Study Group, the international education provider, has been renewed. Study Group will continue to manage the International Study Centre at Sussex,...
Britain's chances of securing an impressive haul of gold medals at the 2012 Olympics will be boosted by the University of Central Lancashire, if all goes to plan. The university has won a contract to...
Scientists from the universities of Dundee and Aberdeen have created software to help disabled children take control of conversations. The programme, called "How was school today?", allows children...
A film by academics at two universities will premier at a conference on Indian cinema. The film by Nirmal Puwar, senior lecturer in the department of sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London,...
The Open University has partnered Pearson Plc, owner of the Financial Times, to launch a part-time MBA. The pilot Global MBA, to be launched this month, is a 30-month programme aimed at students in...
Lina Bjorno, a final-year performance and visual arts student at the University of Brighton, puts the finishing touches to her installation at the Burt Brill and Cardens Graduate Show 2009. This year...
AustraliaAssaults may batter marketA series of physical attacks on foreign students have left Australia dangerously close to sanctions that could lead to the collapse of its international student...
US faculty veterans are willing to go to court to claim the 'emeritus' honorific. Jon Marcus reports
Academics love to hate them, but university league tables can be a force for good, according to new research.A report by the US Institute for Higher Education Policy has found that rankings can...
Paul Gough, an artist of international renown, aims to take UWE to new heights through a focus on interdisciplinary work
John Lawton has been appointed chief executive officer for the Yorkshire and Humber division of the Open College Network, an awarding body for credit-based courses and qualifications. His career...
In 1829, Sir David Salomons - who later became the first Jewish Lord Mayor of London - bought a small villa in Tunbridge Wells and converted it into a country house.The house, called Broomhill, was...
Report calls for fresh mindset as women begin to dominate the academy, writes Melanie NewmanFemale students are no longer the disadvantaged sex in higher education, a report suggests.A study for the...
Outrage as minister claims retention rate is linked to pedagogic standards. Rebecca Attwood reports