CHANGES to the way foreign students apply to British universities are being drawn up to make the system more flexible. Pressure from admissions officers, who feared Britain could lose potential...
REID Kerr College in Paisley plans to axe 10 per cent of its staff because of financial problems. The further education college says it must shed up to 45 full-time equivalent academic and support...
Consultants called in to advise on the future of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, largest of the University of London's senate institutes, are set to recommend a merger with another...
THIS year's GCSE results were published this week showing a rise in passes at grades A* to C with significant shifts in the popularity of some subjects. While the proportion gaining GCSEs at A* to C...
EDINBURGH University's medical school is to have a new Pounds 38 million building. The move is hailed by the government as the country's most significant capital development in medical education for...
LONDON scientists are the most productive in Europe, according to a study by Christian Matthiessen of the University of Copenhagen. The capital's researchers published more papers than did scientists...
A place for the youngest entrant to Cambridge University this century is under threat. The High Court this week ruled that the 15-year-old dyslexic should not be given additional financial support...
Medical schools will be advised to place less emphasis on A-level results and more on bedside manner when selecting students. The Council of Heads of Medical Schools is drafting a policy statement...
Medical students graduate with an average debt of almost Pounds 8,000, according to the British Medical Association. In future years, it added, medics' financial problems will be compounded since...
A multimillion pound donation from a former student is to fund a new institute of Arabic and Islamic studies at the University of Exeter. Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Sharjah's ruler, who...
UP TO 2,000 nurse tutors in higher education are being forced to work more hours in less favourable conditions than their colleagues, say the Royal College of Nursing and Natfhe, the lecturers' union...
Leicester University DMus: The Lindsay string quartet: Peter Cropper, Ronald Birks, Robin Ireland and Bernard Gregor-Smith. DLitt: John Sutherland, Lord Northcliffe professor of modern English...
TUITION fees have failed to deter people from higher education as the rush for places goes on, according to the admissions service. Figures released this week show the number of people withdrawing...
Science students gained more top grades in this year's A levels than in 1997. And the proportion of students taking science subjects was also slightly up on the previous year, writes Alison Goddard...
A recruitment crisis is looming in teacher training, hitting both undergraduate and postgraduate courses, it emerged this week. Experts predict the biggest drop for a decade in places filled on Post...