Higher education reforms over the past decade have had little impact on funding inequalities between institutions or on the structure of the sector, an independent study has concluded. Changing the...
New evidence has emerged to support suggestions that the first telescope was built by an Englishman, writes Steve Farrar. An overlooked manuscript provides the context for claims that Elizabethan...
The government must strengthen its control over biotechnological research in UK universities to reduce the threat from biological weapons, according to MPs. In a report on the government's green...
The government plans to make it easier for universities to collaborate with each other, with further education colleges and with industry as part of a reinvigorated widening participation policy to...
Cardiff University Business School has awarded an £11,500 research bursary to the sister of one of its staff after she failed to win funding for her PhD through the school's nationally advertised...
Cambridge University's attempts to modernise have been set back by a series of rebellions by academics. The Regent House, Cambridge's ultimate executive authority of 3,000-plus scholars, gave the...
An expert in semi-classical acoustics and quantum chaos has found mathematical proof for a theorem that many women knew instinctively to be true, writes Caroline Davis. Matthew Wright of Southampton...
Undercover officials have swooped on an unlicensed copyshop operating next to Nottingham University, seizing hundreds of copies of illegally produced material. The compliance arm of the Copyright...
The principle protecting universities from legal scrutiny of their academic judgements faces collapse, a leading lawyer has warned, writes Phil Baty. Barrister Charles Bear said the "judicial...
Olga Wojtas on the society for research into Higher Education conference Many universities are suffering from "cultural myopia" in what they teach, despite their growing interest in distance learning...
Olga Wojtas on the society for research into Higher Education conference The Labour government has failed to boost participation in higher education, with the bulk of expansion taking place under the...
It is a puzzle that has stared almost every scientist in the face at one time or other, especially during the laboratory tea break. But judging how long the tea bag should be left in the cup to make...
Controversial proposals to slow global warming by sowing the oceans with iron have been dealt a blow by one of the most complex oceanography research projects ever undertaken, writes Steve Farrar....
Employers offer advice on how graduates can impress in job interviews. Alison Utley reports Some £100 million has been spent over the past decade on graduate employability but companies still...
The Royal Bank of Canada has re-entered the student-loan business by selectively taking on lower-risk customers. The bank has partnered Queen's University, in Kingston, Ontario, to offer a loan that...