The worldwide survey of academic opinion that will fuel both the 2013-14 Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the 2014 World Reputation Rankings will close on 17 May
A grant of $500,000 (£320,000) from the Carnegie Corporation of New York has enabled Yale University to join forces with a wide range of international institutions to develop a global network of...
Planned reforms of higher education in Ireland have come under fire in a speech by the outgoing president of the sector’s main union.
From Bram Stoker’s Dracula to Edward Cullen in the Twilight series, vampire characters have long had the ability to capture the public’s imagination.
Details have been released about proposals to allow universities in England to win more undergraduate places if they can show they are recruiting strongly.
A “big data” health research centre at the University of Oxford has been announced as the latest to benefit from the government’s UK Research Partnership Investment Fund.
Podcast Powered By PodbeanDownload the podcastOur second Books podcast features Robert Eaglestone, professor of contemporary literature and thought at Royal Holloway, University of London, in...
College leaders have voted to scrap the University of London Union after backing a review which said the student union’s federal structure was outdated and offered poor value for money.
Four more universities have announced plans to offer massive open online courses via the UK-based Futurelearn platform, taking the total number of higher education institutions involved to 21.
Podcast Powered By PodbeanDownload the podcastThe startling levels of gender inequality in research-intensive universities, the involvement of UK universities in the academies movement and the Times...
Two-minute blasts from students’ own music collections to allow dancing in lectures every 20 minutes is one of the techniques being employed by a university to encourage less sedentary behaviour...
Source: ReutersHealth down the TubePeople working or travelling on underground railways for sustained periods of time could be at increased risk of health problems because of metals in the ultra-fine...
United StatesEverything has its priceThe governor of California wants to tie some state funding for its public universities to a host of reforms. Jerry Brown aims to attach the investment to...
These two iron locks, one (with key) for a door, the other probably from a chest or strongbox, form part of a collection that was donated to the Manchester School of Art in 1911 by the architect...