The prospect of greater private involvement in UK higher education has been mooted by a vice-chancellor who is calling for a radical re-envisioning of the sector.Nigel Thrift, vice-chancellor of the...
The University of East Anglia has become the first university outside the United States to receive an award from the Institute for Study Abroad Foundation, an American funding body set up to support...
A business consultancy has been appointed by The Open University to encourage more employers to bring learning into the workplace. The consultancy firm, Partnership Development Solutions, will look...
Students at Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen have been working with Edinburgh-based social enterprise Sakura Scotland to design a collection of Japanese tartans. Daniel Crozier, a student and budding...
Carol Ann Duffy, the recently appointed Poet Laureate, will be the star guest at the University of Aberdeen's Writers Festival this week. The poet, who is professor of contemporary poetry at...
The performance of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) during the global financial crisis was scrutinised at an event held by a new research group at the University of Leicester's Centre for...
A group of teachers, headteachers and experts in special educational needs from the Netherlands has taken part in a study trip to the University of Chester. The week-long trip was organised by Anne-...
A £39 million research centre that will house one of the largest biomedical complexes in Europe officially opened at the University of Manchester last week. The A.V. Hill Building - named after the...
The language of climate change is littered with metaphors and emotive terms, from the ubiquitous "carbon footprint" to descriptions of environmentalists as "carbon fascists". Now linguists at the...
Students from the University of Sheffield are set to benefit from a funding scheme created by aerospace company Boeing. More than £,000 has been donated by the firm to fund scholarships and additions...
Twitterfall, a programme developed by students at the University of York to help users of social networking service Twitter find people writing about topics they are interested in, has caught the...
A silver and gilt mace created to mark the independence of a London university has made its first appearance. The mace, donated by the Goldsmiths' Company in recognition of its longstanding...
A multimillion-pound sports centre is being built at the University of Central Lancashire. The project is expected to cost about £16 million and will create sporting facilities of sufficient quality...
Greenwich town centre is set to see a £60 million university development. The University of Greenwich has acquired a site in the town centre, and plans to build a new library and a home for its...
Staff and students at London Metropolitan University held a one-day strike as part of their fight to save at least 550 jobs that are at risk.The university has been hit with funding cuts and...