Children whose parents are unemployed are far less likely to aspire to university than those from homes where at least one parent works, a conference will hear next week. Tessa Stone, director of the...
Winston Churchill, Gordon Brown and John Cleese have all served as rector in one of Scotland's four ancient universities, lending their considerable talents to fight the corner of students on the...
British university endowment funds grew by twice the rate of inflation last year but they are still minnows compared with their US counterparts. Between 2003 and 2004, the value of UK endowments rose...
Cancer researcher Frances Balkwill almost didn't open the unassuming letter that came in the post last week telling her that she was to be honoured alongside Richard Dawkins, Sir David Attenborough...
Researchers at Southampton University's Complementary Medicine Research Centre and University College London claim to have shown for the first time that acupuncture goes beyond the 'placebo effect'...
Further education colleges are to be given extra time to decide whether to charge top-up fees for higher education courses, amid concerns that fees might deter working-class students from enrolling...
Dropout rates on the Government's flagship foundation degree courses have reached up to 55 per cent, according to a report by quality watchdogs, writes Phil Baty. In an otherwise positive report,...
The struggle of children in care to progress from school to university - and then complete their degree - was highlighted this week. Academics at the Institute of Education, University of London,...
Strathclyde University students are complaining that while the library may meet their thirst for knowledge, it is ignoring their thirst for liquid. The students' association is seeking to overturn a...
Spain's multidisciplinary humanities degree programme is threatened with extinction as the country prepares for the Bologna Process. In a shake-up of arts courses, 14 language degrees will be merged...
Universities' control over quality assurance in the projected European Higher Education Area tops the agenda for higher education ministers who will this week set the path for the final stage of...
Italian authorities and politicians have condemned anti-Israeli protests at universities, but one lecturer believes that prejudice is widespread and, as a result, the official response has been muted...
The founder of a private university in Kiev is at the centre of a political scandal after publishing an open letter demanding that Jewish organisations be outlawed and blaming Jews for "genocide"...
Fierce competition is erupting behind the scenes at US universities as they bid to secure the best commencement speakers. Some schools will shell out as much as $125,000 (£68,000) for a celebrity...
Poor black students are the likely losers if the South African Government goes ahead with plans to slow the rapid growth in enrolments, and improve drop-out rates, which have soared to 50 per cent....