Cash for grades trend risks Offa anger
Universities are considering putting part of the income from top-up fees into cash awards to attract bright students, rather than restricting their bursary programmes to applicants from poor...
Universities are considering putting part of the income from top-up fees into cash awards to attract bright students, rather than restricting their bursary programmes to applicants from poor...
Universities are taking controversial approaches to combat student failure rates to the dismay of staff Middlesex University was accused this week of compromising exam standards by setting a " de...
Researchers who might not make the (top) grade face exclusion as v-cs think tactics, writes Lee Elliot Major Universities are planning to submit only internationally recognised staff to the 2008...
More and more academics are falling foul of university conduct codes through airing their grievances online. Phil Baty and Tony Tysome report "Get up - stand up! Keep the fight!" This was the...
University College London and the universities of Westminster, Middlesex, London Guildhall and South Bank are among those missing from a database that local authorities use to process student loan...
The Government is to cut its flagship widening participation budget by more than a fifth over the next two years, raising doubts about its commitment to improving access to universities. Aimhigher, a...
Universities are facing a 10 billion financial black hole that is sure to grow if the top-up fee legislation falls, vice-chancellors warned this week. Vice-chancellors' lobby Universities UK will ask...
Universities are facing a 10 billion financial black hole that is sure to grow if the top-up fee legislation falls, vice-chancellors warned this week. Vice-chancellors' lobby Universities UK will ask...
Two academics ousted from a government committee advising on the disposal of the UK's nuclear waste stockpile have accused the group of "ditching science for public relations" and putting the country...
Ministers' plans to create a market in higher education have already "failed", with students, parents and teachers in a state of confusion about the new tuition fee and bursary regime, MPs were told...
While London universities plough cash into high-tech protection in the wake of the July attacks, there are fears the terror Bill will criminalise staff and students Security at London universities is...
The UK's only private university is led by an outspoken iconoclast, does not take part in the RAE and is home to 'internal exiles', mavericks and unabashed traditionalists. Matthew Reisz reports
While universities have seen a rise in the number of ethnic minority workers, new figures reveal stark variations in employment practices across the sector The number of senior academics from a black...
Divisions in academia could lead to the loss of its negotiating power, Anna Fazackerley reports. The battle lines in UK academia are shifting, with the Campaigning for Mainstream Universities group...
University employers this week warned that future pay rises could be in jeopardy as institutions are forced to divert cash to deal with a crisis in pensions. The stark warning, from the Universities...