Amber Miro, 1965-2012
An expert in the benefits new technology can bring to students, Amber Miro was regarded by colleagues and friends as "unfailingly positive".Ms Miro joined the London School of Economics as an IT...

An expert in the benefits new technology can bring to students, Amber Miro was regarded by colleagues and friends as "unfailingly positive".Ms Miro joined the London School of Economics as an IT...

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Goldsmiths/Edinburgh/HertfordshireProphet margin vanishesAn experiment that supposedly proved the existence of psychic powers has been challenged by a group of British psychologists. Academics at...

Crash course - If failure is not an option, students will never succeed
The growth in the proportion of young people participating in higher education has stalled after years of steady increases, according to new figures.

By Susan Woodward, for Campus Review
Lecturers from post-1992 universities in London are joining school teachers in a walk-out to protest against changes to their pensions.

Plans for students to apply to university after getting their grades have been abandoned in the face of opposition from schools and universities.
Universities have once again seen a rise in philanthropic donations, but there are warnings that a cap on tax relief announced in last week’s Budget could stop this progress “dead in its tracks”.

The National Audit Office has called for tougher action against overseas students who are breaking visa rules, prompting Universities UK to warn that “legitimate concerns about immigration” should...

By Kaustuv Basu, for Inside Higher Ed
Higher fees for UK master’s courses are deterring students from continuing their studies and the deterrent is strongest for those from poorer backgrounds, according to a new study.

Four learned societies have written to the prime minister to protest against plans to reduce the resources of the Lords Science and Technology Committee.

David Willetts has declined to offer any support to a University of Cambridge student who was suspended for two and a half years for heckling him.

Mercedes Camino commends the untangling of atrocities committed during the Franco era