Alexandra Hughes, Birmingham University's pro vice-chancellor for quality, was unequivocal. "We are very concerned at the distress this has caused you... and take this very seriously," she wrote to...
Warwick study at centre of discussion on rising xenophobia and intolerance among young, says Nick Holdsworth. Racism in Russia and a wave of xenophobic murders and attacks on students and immigrants...
University administrators have been joined by a coalition, including business organisations and conservative groups, in a renewed call to reform US visa requirements to make it easier for students...
Austria's students have threatened to boycott tuition fees after the majority party in the Government coalition reneged on its election pledge to scrap them. Students took to the streets in protest,...
A new elite teaching and research institute in Tuscany has set out to revolutionise the country's rigid and unproductive system of PhD programmes while competing for academics and stu-dents from all...
Estonians consider the post of rector of the 375-year-old University of Tartu to be one of the most prestigious jobs in the country, and the election of a new rector is a matter of keen public...
Russian university and research centres working in energy, environment and climate areas are likely to witness a bonanza as the country moves to a system of carbon trading. The Ministry of Economic...
The Centre Universitaire de Formation et de Recherche de Nimes will this year become France's smallest university. The multidisciplinary establishment, known as Unîmes, which is integrated in the...
Whose fault is it that an alarming number of students fail to understand what a PhD entails, asks Susan Bassnett Twice in recent months I have come across PhD students quoting from Wikipedia in their...
Working with colleagues from overseas need not be difficult so long as everyone is aware of and sensitive to the cultural differences and similarities of the host and home countries, says Harriet...
Name: Gwen van der Velden Age: 38 Job: Director of learning and teaching enhancement. I lead a team at Bath University responsible for educational development, quality management, e-learning support...
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UCU launches survey to reveal numbers affected as it prepares to tackle employers. Tony Tysome reports Thousands of academic-related staff have been "red-circled" by employers as being overpaid for...
An atmospheric chemist at York University has won a £70,000 research grant to study a process in the Arctic that could combat global warming. Lucy Carpenter (pictured), a senior lecturer, won the...
Sheffield Hallam University has launched a £1 million recruitment drive to appoint new academics across all disciplines from PhD to principal lecturer level. The posts, which are advertised in this...