Biomass is to be used to meet the University of York's commitment to provide at least 10 per cent of its new campus expansion's energy needs through renewable sources. It plans to build a biomass...
The Edward de Bono Foundation Centre for Serious Creativity and Constructive Thinking at Manchester Metropolitan University's Crewe campus has opened. Jointly funded by the De Bono Foundation UK and...
A murder case on America's "Most Wanted" list is to be tackled by a forensic scientist at the University of Leicester, along with Northamptonshire Police. Marianne Wilkinson, 68, was killed as she...
Incontinence suffered by stroke patients will be studied in a new £1.2 million research project funded by the Department of Health. Participating institutions will include the universities of Central...
Recycling initiatives are being revamped at the University of Sheffield with the installation of a machine that collects and processes used drinks containers for recycling. Each time a container is...
A paper by an undergraduate from the University of Bristol has been published in a prestigious scientific journal. The research, on the quality of the fossil record of whales, is by Felix Marx, a...
Scottish governing bodies say report ignores their views on long-term problems, reports Olga Wojtas
At the heart of a World Heritage site on the south bank of the Thames, Sir Christopher Wren's seamen's hospital - later the Old Royal Naval College - now forms the campus of the University of...
Looming course closures and funding cuts blamed on low profile in policymaking, reports John Gill
Six-figure salaries and disillusion with the Government's higher education policies are luring growing numbers of British university academics to work in the United States. A continuing flood of...
EmploymentGraduates ill prepared for workUK graduates are less well prepared for the workplace than their European counterparts, but their long-term employment prospects are comparable. That is the...
Opposition leader says 'ignominy' of losing out to regional rivals must be wake-up call, writes John Gill
Crab fishing and university admissions work may sound like strange bedfellows, but for one senior administrator in the US there are countless similarities.Kent Barnds, vice-president of enrolment at...
ChinaShuffled staff threaten progressThe development of China's higher education system is being hampered by a government-driven rotation of a small number of people around the sector's top jobs, a...
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHThe NIHR's Health Technology Assessment programme is the largest single national research programme for the NHS. It produces independent research information...