Carelessness at Christmas has a nasty habit of biting you on the bum, research suggests.One paper published in the British Medical Journal in 1983 recounts the case of an 86-year-old woman who...
A vice-chancellor who stepped down as her university was struggling to tackle a huge financial deficit received a payout of £265,000 after she announced that she was leaving, accounts have shown.The...
HEA demands qualifications for new teachers, but universities fear the cost. Rebecca Attwood reports
Universities told to be 'forceful' with politicians in bid to plug 'huge funding gap', writes John Morgan
Australian academics enjoy better salaries than their peers in other Commonwealth nations, according to the Association of Commonwealth Universities.The Academic Staff Salary Survey, published last...
Staff forced home as universities hibernate to save money and conserve energy. Jon Marcus writes
Universities in Australia have welcomed the "timely" decision by the country's federal government to review its student-visa system in light of the recent collapse in demand from overseas students....
Greats back humanities' role in democratic health and personal consolation. Matthew Reisz writes
Joining forces to finance services could yield total near to budget reduction. Simon Baker writes
Funding for the Aimhigher scheme may be ending in 2011, but the lessons of its success in widening access to university through summer schools "need to be taken forward into the new policy...
MergersCombination in principleTwo universities have agreed in principle to merge and create a single institution for southwest Wales. Swansea Metropolitan University and the University of Wales...
Matthew Reisz on the neurologists probing the social side of clever corvids and teenage dreamers
This handbill alerted Londoners to a rare opportunity to see "two kaamas's" - probably tapirs - "at the sign of the Coach and Horses" in Charing Cross, London.
Aberdeen students buck trend and grab chance to study foreign languages. Hannah Fearn writes
Founding fathers of 'moral panic' thesis discuss its modern manifestations. Matthew Reisz writes