Phil Baty reports on plans to make Newcastle a focus of academic excellence Plans for a £300 million investment designed to make Newcastle University a world-class centre for science and innovation...
Germany is to embark on a billion-euro spending spree to give its stagnating university system a shot in the arm through the creation of elite universities to rival Oxbridge. Faced with overcrowded...
The US military is bypassing longstanding privacy laws to collect student information from universities as it seeks to bolster the number of recruits to the armed forces, which is falling in the wake...
Military faculties at all but a handful of Russian universities are to be phased out on the orders of the Defence Ministry. Officially the aim is to cut costs, but the Russian media has interpreted...
There are fears for the future of a leading university that specialises in modern humanities unless extensive repairs, reconstruction and expansion of its buildings are carried out. Nearly 20,000...
A doctoral student at Stockholm University's department of Oriental languages claims to have been barred from a conference because of his controversial research, although conference organisers said...
Australian academics are considering boycotting committees that report to the federal Government. The National Tertiary Education Union will consider the call for a boycott after an appeal from an...
The view that many 'skills' are desirable behaviour rather than technical ability is cause for alarm, believes Ewart Keep Barely a day goes by without some politician talking earnestly about the...
It's one thing getting people to agree to sing from the same hymn-sheet, it's quite another getting agreement about the wording of the hymn. The Government's public relations coup in getting the anti...
Northumbria University is proud of its history of excellent relationships with its local Chief Constables - so much so that it even made Lord Stevens, the Chief Constable of Northumbria Police in the...
A university education may be food for thought, but it appears that it can also be a recipe for piling on the pounds. Nicola Samson, a graduate of Heriot-Watt University, revealed to her local paper...
At the third attempt, the Commonwealth Scholars Eleven wrested The Times Higher Cricket Cup from arch-rivals Rhodes Scholars. The key to victory may well have been the little help the Commonwealth...
I wasn't holding my head in my hands - I was merely trying to shade my eyes from the spotlights to see who was asking a question the world's most photographed National Portrait Gallery, London, until...
The explosion from last Thursday's bus bomb was heard all over Bloomsbury. At first everyone thought it was a freak thunderclap. Looking back, of course, the sound could only have been that of an...
As David Watson prepares for life after vice-chancellorship, he shares a few tips from the top This week I gave my farewell lecture as vice-chancellor of Brighton University. Looking back over 15...