Fears of a Treasury squeeze on higher education funding emerged this week despite Gordon Brown's pledge to put science and innovation at the heart of his summer spending review, writes Paul Hill. The...
One of the icons of global warming - the retreat of Mount Kilimanjaro's glaciers - may not be due to rising temperatures after all. A study has found the disappearance of ice from Africa's tallest...
Oxford University has cleared zoologist Tim Guilford of research misconduct after he was accused by researchers at the University of Zurich of failing to properly acknowledge their contribution to...
The Labour Party's student organisation is being urged to merge with its youth wing to form a new body free to criticise the government and party when necessary. In a pamphlet published this week,...
Manchester University is investigating how a man jailed for attempting to poison his wife got a job at the institution as a part-time lecturer in philosophy and medical ethics. Paul Agutter, who...
Promising students at Thames Valley University will be fast-tracked into Imperial College London's Medical School, under a compact between the institutions agreed last week. From October 2005, up to...
Universities UK was encouraged this week by Charles Clarke's first public statement in support of a six-term school year, seen as a precursor for a post-qualifications applications system to...
The government has achieved its target of increasing the number of medical students by more than 2,000, two years ahead of schedule, John Reid, the health secretary, said this week. Figures from the...
Lecturers have reacted furiously to news that Luton University has lost £750,000 on an abandoned project to build an atrium at its main campus. Luton reported in its annual accounts this year that it...
Staff and students attacked Leeds University this week over proposals to close the School of Continuing Education as a result of a £250,000 deficit. The school, which opened in 1946 and takes 3,500...
Academics who teach modern languages at De Montfort University are waiting to hear whether they will be redeployed or made redundant as the temporary suspension of their courses becomes permanent...
The BBC has been accused of dumbing down and misleading academics in the making of a series about British metal detectorists' discoveries. Hidden Treasure , broadcast on BBC 2 last autumn, looked at...
Record numbers of Scottish graduates are declaring themselves bankrupt rather than repaying student loans, according to figures from the Scottish Executive. Student leaders are alarmed by the figures...
One university per city should be the rule if Scottish higher education is to maintain its place in the international research league, an MSP has proposed, writes Olga Wojtas. Alex Neil of the...
The view of the student as customer is driving up legal costs, reports Phil Baty A six-figure compensation claim continues to hang over Oxford Brookes University after a group of up to 28 former...