The government’s drive for cuts in the next spending review could jeopardise the ring-fence for science funding, as well as putting additional pressure on student finance and numbers, the sector has...
Podcast Powered By PodbeanTimes Higher Education editor John Gill discusses the increasing prevalence of Moocs (massive open online courses), their potential impact on universities, and draws some...
Richard J. Evans admires exhaustive coverage of an ancient killer that threatens a major comeback
James Stirling has been named as the first provost of Imperial College London - a position created in April when leadership of the institution was split in two.
University of Cambridge physicist Stephen Hawking has been awarded a $3 million (£1.9 million) prize from the Milner Foundation for his contribution to fundamental physics.
The Home Secretary has pledged to introduce interviews for 100,000 more international students to root out visa abuse, and warned universities that they will lose their licences to recruit foreign...
Government plans to grant a VAT exemption to for-profit higher education providers will "rig the higher education market" in their favour and use public subsidies "to create corporate and individual...
More than a quarter of England and Wales' adult population has a higher education qualification, although a North-South divide prevails, the 2011 census has revealed.
The amount of money universities were given in donations of at least £1 million leapt by more than a third in 2010-11, according to a report by the bank Coutts.
Michael Arthur has been named as the next president and provost of University College London.
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
The retail and financial sectors remain the top recruiters of graduates despite the economic turbulence of recent years, a report has found.
The chief executive of the National Union of Students is to leave the organisation next year to take up a role heading up the Scout Association.
A lack of undergraduate courses that cover online information security is jeopardising the effectiveness of the UK's Cyber Security Strategy, according to a leading expert.
More than one in three young people in the UK are put off post-secondary training or education because of the perceived cost, a report has found.