The oddly named Shakespeare Authorship Coalition, which protests that the works were not written by Shakespeare, sponsors the Declaration of Reasonable Doubt, a document that has attracted signatures...
Scholar bemoans impact of employability agenda on academic standards. Matthew Reisz reports
Billionaire-backed Oxford school takes leaf out of US book. David Matthews reports
AustraliaThe brick wall of learningThe reluctance of Australia's higher education regulator to embrace new technologies for teaching and learning is "obstructing innovation in online delivery" and "...
Universities are taking steps to ensure that students use social media responsibly, learns Jon Marcus
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCILGlobal Uncertainties Leadership Fellowships• Award winner: Kim Knott• Institution: Lancaster University• Value: £376,917Ideologies and beliefs: ideological...
A visit by the Queen to Stirling four decades ago this week resulted in a fiasco that humiliated an administration, Richard Evans recalls
Universities 'falling over themselves' to hire staff to handle REF case studies. Paul Jump reports
The new director of the London School of Economics has scotched persistent rumours about the institution's privatisation, affirming that it will remain in the state system.
Euro survey shows UK to be home of scholarly discontent and regret. Matthew Reisz reports
Laggards, not AAB policy, caused hiccups, suggests minister. John Morgan reports from Birmingham
A Tory MP and a Labour colleague from a parliamentary committee have called for cross-party consensus on withdrawing overseas students from net migration figures so the government can make the policy...
Bonuses paid to investment staff working within the sector's main pension scheme almost doubled as it closed its final salary scheme to new members.
Institutions say they will not be adopting student report card scheme. David Matthews reports
Strike action considered after Birmingham plans to make department history. Paul Jump writes