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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...
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...
No end in sight to university money worries, warns report Universities are predicted to have about £1.5 billion more in their coffers over the next decade, although the extra money will do little to...
Bigger budget shows pay rise possible, lecturers say Lecturers said yesterday that the announcement of £6.5 billion government funding for universities next year meant there was enough money to meet...
This is the last Daily News update for 2004; the service will resume on Monday, January 10. The Times Higher sends all our readers best wishes for the holiday season and new year. Exeter...
Strathclyde university wins £1m contract An executive education contract worth £1 million has been awarded to the University of Strathclyde Graduate School of Business. The school is to provide a...
Universities to go for maximum £3,000 fees Universities across England are set to charge students the maximum £3,000 a year in tuition fees. Details will be announced next week of the first wave of...
Ministers 'likely to miss' student targets Plans for a 'modest' expansion in undergraduate numbers over the next three years suggest the Government is likely to miss its target of getting half of all...
Extra business backing for university projects Braveheart Ventures, a consortium of private investors, has agreed to invest £5 million at both Edinburgh and Glasgow universities to help speed the...
Scots increase fees by £700 for the English University tuition fees for students coming to Scotland from the rest of Britain will be increased by about £700 a year from 2006. Scottish ministers were...
English fees add to pressure on Scots Scotland's ministers were last night under increasing pressure to come up with more money for Scottish universities, after a Guardian survey revealed yesterday...
A-level joy means first-choice university record As schools celebrated their best-ever set of A-level results, a record number of students secured places at their first-choice universities yesterday...
Language study just for the elite A quarter of all Britain's students studying for foreign language degrees are concentrated at only five universities as specialist learning at sixth form and in...
Oxford don's 10,000-mile trip to save St Hilda's An Oxford don is making a 10,000-mile round trip from China to England in a desperate attempt to stop the governing body of Oxford's last women's...
Oxford don's 10,000-mile trip to save St Hilda's An Oxford don is making a 10,000-mile round trip from China to England in a desperate attempt to stop the governing body of Oxford's last women's...
Research Excellence FrameworkImpact case studies, studiedA new project will look at the impact on society of academic research conducted at universities. The research, commissioned by the Higher...