It's not so grim up north, honest
Travellers who have marvelled at the pyramids, gasped at the Grand Canyon and raved about the Great Barrier Reef should add S****horpe, Skegness and North Berwick to their must-see list, according to...
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Sixth-form colleges shaking off elitism
The popular perception of sixth-form colleges as highly selective institutions that focus on preparing star pupils to enter top universities has been challenged by the findings of new research,...
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Dressed for success
Catwalk critics, among them footwear designer Jimmy Choo, were out in force at the London College of Fashion graduate show last week. Mr Choo, a former student at the college, said: 'All have their...
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V-c pensions laid low by millionaires' bug
Fat-cat vice-chancellors may have finally got their comeuppance, thanks to a software glitch that has left their pension provider unable to process their six-figure salaries. In the latest of a list...
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Students click on to net a loan
Six local education authorities are to pilot the online Student Support Direct scheme. The £30 million scheme, which was developed by the Student Loans Company, will allow students to apply for a...
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Quality reviews planned for NHS courses
Health courses are to have a streamlined quality assurance system for the first time after an evaluation of prototype reviews by the Quality Assurance Agency and the Department of Health. Reviews of...
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Whistleblowers: Ex-Surrey lecturer wins unfair dismissal case
The management school at the centre of a landmark whistleblowing case after it sacked a lecturer who complained about his director has been found to have unfairly dismissed another member of staff...
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Analysis: Don't rely on just A-level results
Potential should determine university entry, a study says. Alison Goddard reports Students who do badly at A level should still get university places if their predicted grades are good enough,...
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LSE to create London Business School rival
The London School of Economics plans to create a business school to cash in on its international reputation and go head-to-head with the London Business School. Implementation of the proposals will...
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Ex-online boss wins £250,000
A European Commission research consortium that was behind plans for a pan-European virtual university has been ordered to pay £250,000 to its former director. Peter Goodall, founder and former...
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Virtual learning losses shrink
Public companies selling e-learning are "edging closer to profitability", according to the Observatory on Borderless Higher Education, a service set up by Universities UK and the Association of...
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Analysis: Is research cull on cards?
In the third of our series on what the government must address in its upcoming strategy paper, Caroline Davis looks at research funding - an issue that threatens to divide pre and post-1992...
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Afghan enrolment crisis looms
Afghanistan's higher education minister has warned of an "explosive" situation if would-be university students are unable to find places when the academic year begins in March. More than 24,000...
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Jailed Scot to probe military
Scots-born researcher Lesley McCulloch, soon to be released from prison in Aceh, Indonesia, plans to return to Australia to begin a three-year research project on the political economy of the...
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Blown away
Canada has never aspired to the Animal House excesses of its neighbour the US, whose Greek-letter societies have been immortalised by togas, excessive libations and property damage. Now Canada's own...