One of the UK's leading authorities on devolution has condemned ministers for leaving Scotland's universities facing an uncertain future in the wake of their "blundering" English higher education...
A new shadow education team will be leading Conservative opposition to top-up fees. The team, which was appointed under Tim Yeo, shadow health and education secretary late last week, includes Tom...
Parliament's spending watchdog plans to examine allegations of "old-boy favouritism" at the British Academy following investigations by The THES . The House of Commons public accounts committee has...
An aviation student at Leeds University told of his shock this week when he discovered that he had been identified as a suspected terrorist and subjected to a Special Branch investigation. Mimbar Ali...
In spite of intense government arm-twisting, Labour's tuition-fee refuseniks show little sign of backing down. But will they hang together as ministers press ahead? The government faces an uphill...
A gulf between scientists and government is forcing ill-informed policy-makers to rely on media scare stories and pressure groups, the Royal Institution has heard. Evan Harris, a new member of the...
Scientists stood sipping champagne and politely tried not to stare at the pregnant man circulating among them at last week's launch of the UK's latest attempt to communicate science to the public,...
Speculation grew this week about whether a new monkey research centre would ever be built in Cambridge, despite a landmark decision by the government to allow the project to go ahead, writes Anna...
Some 150 scientists volunteered to take part in an anarchic television show that aims to inject student humour into the laboratory with experiments involving breasts, custard and explosives. Despite...
Leading academics this week pledged to keep fighting for a fundamental rethink of university research funding, despite an attempt by the government to draw a line under the debate, writes Anna...
The government and the higher education sector could save tens of millions in administration costs by scrapping the dual-support system that funds university research, according to a report. An...
One of the most influential trends in university teaching has been rubbished as "intellectually bankrupt" and damaging to students in a study for the Learning and Skills Development Agency. The...
The average fifth-year medical student is more than £17,000 in debt, according to the British Medical Association's annual survey of student finance. This is only slightly less than the basic annual...
Universities could face a "flood" of claims under legislation that outlaws discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or religious belief because they are not prepared. Kate Heasman,...
A Liverpool University academic is bringing a case of religious discrimination against an Irish university that rejected his application for a chair of sociology. The Irish Equality Authority is...