Nearly a third of foundation degree courses run by further education colleges are struggling to fill places, and more than one in eight has been axed, a national survey has found. The findings of the...
Most college heads remain undecided about top-up fees, a conference will hear his week, amid concerns that the further education sector may lose out when fees are introduced for higher education...
Not so long ago semesters were heralded as the future of the academic calendar, enabling universities to offer a more flexible year-round learning enivironment for the modern student. But already it...
Quality watchdogs are to deliver another major blow to the federal University of Wales, concluding that they have only "limited confidence" in the standards of its degrees, The Times Higher has...
Hundreds of medical researchers may face rejection after an unexpected flood of applications for grants from the Medical Research Council. The Government's major funder of basic medical research...
The Government this week refused to embrace a future where all research is available freely to everyone online, sparking a major row in the science community, writes Anna Fazackerley. In its official...
More concerns have emerged about the rise of private businesses selling worthless degrees after a graduate from one of many unrecognised "universities" was caught applying for a PhD programme with a...
The marketing of the UK eUniversity's courses to potential students was inadequate, Kim Howells, the Higher Education Minister, admitted to MPs this week. He told the House of Commons Education and...
Edinburgh University has underpinned a successful bid by Scotland's capital to become the world's first city of literature. Unesco, the United Nations body that aims to forge international links in...
Oxford University plans to reveal the academic performance of students graduating from each of its 30 colleges in an official annual table after The Times Higher reported concerns that the unofficial...
Paris. A full government ministry for higher education, research and technology, an elected high-level scientific council, and a stronger research role for universities are the main recommendations...
Thabo Mbeki, the South African President, has signalled to Tony Blair that the rehabilitation of Africa's run-down universities should be high on the agenda at next year's Scotland summit of the...
Rome. Italy's Pisa University is helping to develop a contender for the 2007 America's Cup to challenge the reigning champion, the Swiss yacht Alinghi . The university has signed up with +39, one of...
German and Australian rectors and vice-chancellors have held talks in Canberra on university priorities in the two countries, including future developments in teaching and research, and issues...
Stavanger University College will become Norway's fifth official university on January 1, the Prime Minister and the Education Minister announced. It is Norway's first new university since the...