Kingston University is facing an outbreak of mumps, with 20 suspected cases reported in the past month and five students diagnosed with the highly contagious virus. More cases at the university are...
A stressed university lecturer turned to drink and died after an overdose of painkillers, an inquest heard. Colin Robinson had only just started work at the University of Central Lancashire's...
Tomatoes can fight the sun's damaging effects on the skin, a team from Manchester and Newcastle universities has found.The researchers said that people who ate tomato paste in the study got some...
Dropouts and cuts won't change Bolton's entrance policy, George Holmes tells Melanie Newman
Large pre-1992 institutions on UK mainland make most money abroad, says study. John Gill reports
Hundreds of Cambridge academics and students crowded into Senate House this week to be given a broad sweep of Oxbridge history, the gospel according to Lord Jenkins of Hillhead, the first Oxford...
Student satisfactionUK accommodation 'poor value'Almost half of UK university students are unhappy with the cost of their lodgings, a survey has found. Value for money was "important" to 93 per cent...
Researchers seeking an edge in the grant race are turning to expert help, writes Zoe Corbyn
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCILAlmost £3 million in grants has been awarded by the Medical Research Council and 11 partner organisations as part of the second wave of funding for the National Prevention...
Dilys Williams, director of the new Centre for Sustainable Fashion, looks to a greener future for the clothes we wear
Martin Knapp, director of the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics, was recently awarded one of the first 100 Senior Investigator Awards from the National...
Diplomas represent a big departure in education, but they raise worrying questions for universities, says John Brooks
The UK can give its home cohort an international outlook without their going abroad. Let's hope the US doesn't learn to, writes Peter Brady
Academia needs to be more accommodating to those who cannot or choose not to work full time, argues Keith Kahn-Harris
Manchester v-c blames widening access and long-term underfunding. Rebecca Attwood reports