Three universities in the East Midlands have joined with schools and colleges to sign a unique accord, writes Tony Tysome. Representatives of De Montfort and Loughborough universities joined college...
The Scots are Scottish after all. A study has thrown doubt over the long-held belief that the Scots were originally an Irish tribe that invaded the British mainland 1,500 years ago. Research by Ewan...
A student union has been forced to call off a planned fees strike after threats that its university would cut £60,000 from its budget. University College London students were told that their funding...
The Russell Group is to publish a blueprint for an alternative quality assurance regime, putting the future of the Quality Assurance Agency at the top of the agenda for the new secretary of state for...
Police are investigating a suspected bogus-student immigration racket after reported attempts to obtain university places for Chinese students with fake qualifications. Derby University this week...
A triumvirate of leading Scottish writers has been appointed jointly to a new chair of creative writing at Glasgow University. Novelists Alasdair Gray (left) and James Kelman (back) and poet and...
Admissions staff are working hard to recruit students onto foundation degree courses after a national advertising campaign failed to materialise. The campaign, funded by the Department for Education...
Luton University is planning to boost its flagging student numbers by enrolling its own staff onto courses. Minutes from meetings of Luton's directorate, seen by The THES , reveal that the university...
Doncaster College could be forced to scrap a number of music courses after a series of quality-control failings. Documents obtained by The THES show that some six months after award body Edexcel...
Claire Sanders looks at how the relationship between universities and the National Health Service can be improved in such a way that both sectors will benefit The relationship between universities...
Alexandra Scott, a student at the University College of Ripon and York St John, gave a public performance of her work Aftershock, with fellow student Romina Satori, as part of the end of year dance...
The National Academy of Science , United States, has elected the following British-based foreign associates: Enrico Coen , John Innes Foundation professor at the University of East Anglia and deputy...
Wednesday OK, I know I am not normal. That is what my wife says anyway, just because I happen to enjoy election campaigns. I have been waiting for four years. I get to Hove station at 6.45am to meet...
The Forum for the Advancement of Continuing Education's annual get-together, which takes place in Southampton next month, is not for the faint-hearted. While it is not uncommon for conference...
Bob Fryer, director of the University of Southampton New College and a firm believer in lifelong learning, cooked up a storm last week. Living up to his name, he became college catering manager for a...