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Oh Mum! Please don’t come with me to university Parents are getting more involved in every aspect of students' lives, from attending open days to sitting in on their lectures and interviews,...
Oh Mum! Please don’t come with me to university Parents are getting more involved in every aspect of students' lives, from attending open days to sitting in on their lectures and interviews,...
Magdalen rise to the Oxbridge challenge They may have lost the Boat Race but Oxford salvaged varsity pride last night when they defeated their ancient rivals, Cambridge, in the final of University...
V-cs set to break ranks over top-up fees Up to 20 universities are planning to break ranks with their national body and make a last-ditch appeal to MPs to dump the principle of variable top-up fees....
V-cs set to break ranks over top-up fees Up to 20 universities are planning to break ranks with their national body and make a last-ditch appeal to MPs to dump the principle of variable top-up fees....
Scottish colleges fear brain drain south of border The introduction of top-up fees at English universities threatens Scottish colleges with a brain drain in which their best academics could be lured...
Brunel University to set up school A revival of the ancient tradition of university schools is being planned to raise pupils' academic performances. Steven Schwartz, vice-chancellor of Brunel...
72% of academics oppose top-up fees An exclusive poll in today's Times Higher Education Supplement reveals the overwhelming opposition of higher education staff to top-up fees. Read the full story on...
Brown told to find money to avoid top-up fees Gordon Brown will come under pressure this week to back his opposition to top-up tuition fees for students with a big increase in university funding. A...
High-tech Oxford gaining on its old rival Oxford University, which has lagged behind Cambridge as a centre for high-tech business, is closing the gap according to Lord Sainsbury, the science minister...
Foreign researchers in biology face vetting Foreign scientists and research students may have to undergo rigorous vetting if they want to work on dangerous biological agents in British universities,...
Children in Ulster learn to hate at 3 Children in Northern Ireland show signs of beginning to learn to hate those on the other side of the province's religious divide almost as soon as they can walk...
AUT expected to boycott e-learning elite The Association of University Teachers is today expected to boycott online courses run by an elite group of universities around the world. The union’s...
Tributes paid to scholar whose ‘vision of rebuilding the humanities and arts’ left deep mark at the City College of New York
Covid has created a platform for institutional newcomers to ‘leapfrog’ established frontrunners
Holberg Prize winner wants major reforms in college drinking culture and elite university sport