Harris Manchester College is facing financial and governance difficulties that may put its future in doubt. Claire Sanders investigates what went wrong When Harris Manchester College became the...
Virtually all further education colleges should be involved in delivering foundation degrees, higher education minister Alan Johnson said this week. Even those with insufficient facilities or...
Scottish teacher training courses could face "radical change" in the wake of a review launched this week by the Scottish Executive. The review aims to ensure that new teachers are better prepared for...
Twins Samantha and Louise Queen are part of a new breed of students expecting a different sort of medical training at the Hull York Medical School, which opened this week. The 18-year-olds, from...
Inadequate English-language support at Middlesex University is damaging overseas students' ability to understand "theoretical and conceptual material" in class, quality chiefs have said. The Quality...
Sir Graeme Davies, principal of Glasgow University, has unveiled plans to link top-rated Scottish physics departments to promote collaborative research. Sir Graeme, who next month becomes president...
Alison Goddard and Caroline Davis look at dual support reforms Government plans to make universities responsible for recovering the full economic costs of research have come under fire from many...
Dual support The dual-support system has been running in its current form for more than ten years. The original idea was that a research proposal was judged purely on scientific merit, away from the...
Bristol University is opening up its ivory towers to the public this autumn. A series of guided tours, led by experts in science, history, archaeology and architecture, will give people a chance to...
Peterborough still has hopes of establishing its own higher education institution despite Loughborough and Sheffield universities pulling out as partners. Don Lawson, principal of Peterborough...
Academics renewed their attack on excessive external scrutiny this week as it emerged that Plymouth University claims to spend about £1.3 million a year on quality assurance. Sara Jennett, head of...
The Dutch government will reward successful scientific research with extra funding in an effort to raise quality by increasing competition among researchers and institutions. Minister of education...
France's university presidents want a public debate on the future of higher education while they await the first major shake-up of the system for nearly 20 years. Reforms introduced by education...
US universities have significantly improved the academic performance of their athletes after years of criticism that they were using student athletes merely to help them profit from intercollegiate...
Albania is to begin the academic year with a new higher education act. But the legislation fails to give universities the right to manage their own money, seen by many academics as one of the major...