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Fees cause fall in university applications The number of university applications dropped by almost 16,000 this year following the introduction of £3,000-a-year tuition fees. Student leaders said the...
Fees cause fall in university applications The number of university applications dropped by almost 16,000 this year following the introduction of £3,000-a-year tuition fees. Student leaders said the...
University chiefs voice concern over European MIT plans Vice-chancellors have warned that plans for a European rival to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology could simply be a duplication of...
Scientists rally to save chemistry department Scientists are mobilising to stop the University of Sussex closing its highly rated chemistry department that has produced two Nobel prize winners and is...
University workers hit by increase in violence University and college staff in Edinburgh are facing growing levels of violence and abuse from students, lecturers' union leaders warned yesterday. One...
Oxbridge untouched by fees effect, figures show Top-up fees have not deterred students from applying for a place at Oxbridge next year, with the first figures from the university admissions service...
EU ministers prepare for stem cell debate European ministers were meeting this morning to decide whether to follow the lead of the United States and ban funding for research into human embryonic stem...
Go Dutch - save a fortune in fees Dutch universities are the first in continental Europe to offer a full range of postgraduate courses taught and assessed in English. The fees represent exceptional...
Khatami lecture attracts protesters Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami will face protests from students and human rights groups as he delivers a keynote lecture at the University of St Andrews...
Scots degrees look set to be a hit.. in Cairo More than 500 Egyptian students have signed up to study for degrees from Scottish universities from a new campus in Cairo. And it is anticipated the...
Edinburgh university and NHS in £50m research bid Edinburgh University and NHS Lothian are set to take part in a £50 million research project aimed at developing new medicines. They will be joined by...
Harvard chief quits after year of turmoil The most powerful man in American academia, the president of Harvard University, resigned yesterday after protests by academics and students. Lawrence...
CBI in science warning over 'dire' school leavers The "dire" quality of school leavers was putting science-based industries at risk, the CBI said today. The business group spoke out ahead of the...
Students sitting too many A-levels, says Cambridge Pupils who take strings of A levels could be putting themselves at a disadvantage in the competition for places at Cambridge, it emerged yesterday....
Oxford plans to be world leader in business education Oxford University is bidding to become a world leader in management education by amalgamating all its business school programmes under the Saïd...
Oxford University wins animal rights injunction Oxford University won a legal appeal today to increase the restrictions placed on demonstrators against a new animal research centre being built in the...