Sunderland University: 'the government has underestimated us'
Undergraduates 10,650 Postgraduates 1,880 Students from low social classes 35% Hefce teaching income £29m Hefce research income £1m Income from Hefce ...
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Fees can be up to £3,000 - with Whitehall strings
Key points Universities to keep all top-up fees raised and they will be wholly additional to the amount received currently from government for teaching New access regulator must be satisfied that...
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Research-poor told to look to business
Key points Non-research intensive universities to quit new research 20 new Knowledge Exchange centres More involvement from regional development agencies in higher education strategies More input...
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Poorest will get student support of up to £2,100
Key points Grants of £1,000 a year reintroduced from 2004 for students from households with incomes of £10,000 or less Partial grant will be available to those whose families earn up to £20,000 a...
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'Let state pupils in on lower A levels'
Potential university entrants from state schools should be asked for lower A-level grades than their independent-school counterparts, a funding council study suggests. The work, by analysts at the...
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Oxford curtain rises for Sir Tim
Sir Tim Rice, the lyricist whose collaborations with Lord Lloyd-Webber produced Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Jesus Christ Superstar , has been named Cameron Mackintosh visiting...
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Confusion in careers debate
Higher education institutions are caught in the middle of a confused debate over graduate employability, with their reactions ranging from "we do it already" to "it's not our job", according to a...
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High pass rate puts aid under pressure
South Africa's student aid programme is struggling to keep up with the demand for higher education from hard-up school-leavers whose final grades have improved for the third consecutive year. But...
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Germany eyes market for foreign postgraduates
Germany is to try to attract more top postgraduate students from around the world in an effort to compete with universities in France, the US and the UK. Berlin's drive coincides with a renewed...
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Italy struggles to keep Marconi archive intact
Italy's hard-pressed universities may be unable to meet a plea from the daughter of wireless pioneer Guglielmo Marconi to purchase a collection of her father's archives and apparatus. The...
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Don quits over Lomborg furore
A leading Danish academic has resigned from the board of the country's Institute for Environmental Assessment after it rejected his call for the suspension of director Bjørn Lomborg. Poul Harremoës,...
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80% admit to cheating
Students on Australian campuses are copying material from the internet and textbooks, submitting work by previous students, collaborating on assignments and hiring someone more knowledgeable in a...
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King Alfred's, Winchester
Undergraduates 4,220 Postgraduates 930 Students from low social classes % Hefce teaching income £5.5m Hefce research income £173,000 Income from Hefce 47% King Alfred’s College in Winchester has a...
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Pioneering degree falls under QAA fire
Quality watchdogs have "no confidence" in the academic standard of a pioneering Sheffield University degree offered through its partner, Barnsley College. In a review of Barnsley's combined studies (...
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Keep them busy to keep them on
Setting students assignments as soon as they arrive at university could help cut dropout rates, according to researchers at Ulster University. Tony Cook of UU's faculty of life and health sciences is...