The husband of an academic and broadcaster wants his late wife's legacy to live on by donating her extensive distance and lifelong learning library to a worthy higher education institution.Naomi...
A model being trialled in Scotland for sharing research across disciplines and institutions could be adopted across the UK.Research pooling, in which different universities work together to improve...
Students overestimate starting salaries by 10 per cent on average, study finds. John Gill reports
Questions raised about 'distant' management and 'litigious culture'. Melanie Newman reports
IUSS workload expands as average attendance at meetings falls to six MPs. Rebecca Attwood writes
A top-secret US memorandum on the use of sleep deprivation against al-Qaeda suspects cites a book written by a British academic decades ago to justify the technique.Jim Horne, director of the Sleep...
An academic at loggerheads with Manchester Metropolitan University after he blew the whistle on alleged grade inflation at the institution has claimed that he was scapegoated by being kicked off its...
A joint funding package of £10 million has been granted to investigate pollinators' decline. Zoe Corbyn reports
NEWTON INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIPSThis is the first round of Newton International Fellowships. Fellows have the chance to work at UK research institutions for two years. The scheme is a joint...
Most governance models allow v-cs to ignore academic opinions and freedoms. This must change, says Sally Hunt
Anthony Seldon and David James want universities to support a radical shift that puts learning at the heart of the curriculum
Gary Day on the dark side of Georgian London, the fallout from those who go missing, and Narnia
Workers have recently felt the benefit of changes to legislation governing “working time”. For example, from 6 April 2009 the statutory entitlement to holidays increased to 28 days (inclusive of bank...
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