Heard the one about the student who bought an essay and handed it in as his own, only to find it had been written by his tutor 20 years earlier? His tutor gave the paper top marks, commenting: "My...
Sir Tony Atkinson, warden of Nuffield College, Oxford, releases the interim report of his review into the measurement of public sector output and productivity on Monday. The review, commissioned in...
Kent University has awarded chairs to: Rod Edmond , professor of modern literature and cultural history; Paddy Ireland , professor of law; Abdulrazak Gurnah , professor of English and postcolonial...
"Institutionalised sexism" is denying female academics recognition for the research activity that is vital to their career prospects, a study by the Association of University Teachers has claimed....
'The website, which offers a database of essays for up to $30 each, is up for sale for about £15,000' A biblical studies graduate student who created an online essay-plagiarism business as part of a...
Universities are in urgent need of nationally agreed guidelines for the import and export of students, speakers at an international education conference said this week. The British Council has called...
Shifty candidacy Review of the Boston Globe 's book on the Democrats' presidential hopeful, John Kerry. Also Cash troubles: what are the financial prospects for UK universities? Lecturer for hire:...
Chancellor Gordon Brown this week set out the largest sustained increase in science spending for a generation, yet research leaders warned there would be very little money left over for new research...
The much-criticised dual-support system for research funding is here to stay, according to the Treasury's ten-year framework for science announced this week, writes Anna Fazackerley. Many in the...
The launch of a cross-government group to monitor the delivery of clinical research may not be enough to stop money getting lost in general hospital budgets, scientists warned this week, writes Anna...
Tim Gabriel, who is researching a PhD in nanostructured materials at Southampton University, welcomes the Government's drive to bring more young people into "problem" subjects such as chemistry. "I...
Spending on higher education will have to rise by about £3 billion over the next four years if the Government is to meet its commitment to boosting student numbers, according to the Association of...
University museums will be able to reclaim value-added tax in line with those outside the higher education sector, Gordon Brown announced this week, writes Chris Johnston. The Chancellor billed it as...
Three government commitments have conspired to make this year's spending review the most difficult yet for higher education. Behind the scenes, officials are working feverishly to find a way of...
There will be no formal test of whether government policy on tuition fees and grants succeeds in drawing more students from poor homes into higher education, it emerged this week. In an interview...