Overseas academic visitors to the UK may be granted leave to remain in the country for only three months under proposals being considered by immigration authorities.Visiting scholars, who may be on...
Australia's earnings from foreign students soar as sector widens catchment sphere. John Gill reports
CanadaMedical researchers to take oathDoctors have the Hippocratic oath, but until now scientists have not had a moral code to which they swear allegiance. That is about to change at the University...
Working in small bursts can be more productive than binge-writing, an expert tells Olga Wojtas
Carping about universities often overlooks the positive and the constant efforts we make to improve, says Rick Trainor
Putting staff on insecure fixed-term contracts is a false economy that harms research, says Sean Wallis. Let's recycle their expertise instead
Scholars are passing off old work as new to drive up publications counts. Rebecca Attwood writes
Students should get more university entry points for taking tougher A-level subjects, researchers suggested this week.Academics at Durham University analysed data from nearly 1 million school pupils...
Academic faces censure for giving his time to run extracurricular revision class. John Gill reports
- As an outspoken critic of higher education's dependence on the state, the vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham covered familiar ground with his warning that the tradition of universities...
Peers believe education will improve if political meddling is reduced. Melanie Newman reports
V-c provokes debate with suggestion of a levy on all degree holders, past and future. John Gill reports
Eight years on from initial furore, university acknowledges failings, writes Melanie Newman
Million+ highlights increasing economic value of sector to the UK. Rebecca Attwood reports
The Government has become too focused on the role that universities can play in improving the skills of the UK workforce, at the expense of further education colleges, which are often better placed...