Staff in Imperial College London's top-rated neuroscience and medicine divisions have been warned that their jobs may be at risk, prompting fears that a good research assessment exercise result may...
An Oxford University spin-off has secured proof-of-concept funding from a US-based investor. Surface Therapeutics is celebrating first-round funding of £1.5 million - enough, it hopes, to prove that...
US scientists are coordinating a plan to create a research centre in the Arava Valley that sits half on Israeli territory and half on Jordanian territory. Mati Kochavi, an Israeli businessman who...
Ukraine's "orange revolution" and the inauguration last week of President Viktor Yushchenko will mean a major shake-up for the country's higher education system.J Part of Mr Yushchenko campaign...
Hundreds of jobs will be shed in coming years as mergers between South African universities begin to bite, especially at departments that are duplicated across campuses. At the University of Fort...
France's scientific community has united to oppose policies outlined in a leaked draft of a proposed research law, claiming that it breaks funding promises made to a sector "in danger", writes Jane...
Germany's federal constitutional court last week lifted a nation-wide ban on university fees. States will now be able to levy fees without having to get approval from Berlin, as is currently the case...
Austrian universities could be forced to drop an "education-for-all" policy for home students and introduce strict selection procedures if a European Court of Justice ruling forces them to accept...
The Swiss federation is in uproar over plans by the University of Neuchtel to axe its chairs in Italian and ancient Greek. The university, which is in a French-speaking canton, wants to concentrate...
UK technology transfer is a late starter that shows every sign of being a great success, says Ederyn Williams. Of course, the Americans are more enterprising than the British, so if we do something...
Allowing students to apply for a university place after receiving their A-level results could pose major practical problems for admissions tutors and backfire on the most disadvantaged applicants,...
It was standing room only at Queen's University Belfast, the latest stop on the 'Articulated Laurie' lecture tour by The Times Higher 's columnist. Professor Taylor confided that he had sought to...
While unpopular courses are being scrapped in alarming numbers across the sector, a valiant attempt by a London college to keep open a tiny course in the obscure art of making horses' saddles has led...
Home Office plans to nearly double visa extension charges for international students came under fire this week from vice-chancellors, college heads and student leaders. Despite widespread protests...
The Ivy League's crimson titan is trailed by the LSE in a US and UK-dominated playing field. Martin Ince assesses the top performers on a worldwide stage Taking pole position in social sciences, arts...