INTO, a private company offering university preparatory courses for overseas students, is in talks with the University of Essex about a joint venture. In an e-mail to staff in the International...
A new campus of 37,000 sq m is being planned for Birmingham City University. David Tidmarsh, the vice-chancellor, said: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a very special campus...
A plan to hugely expand the University of Warwick was given approval by Coventry City Council planners last week. The university's built area would increase by 40 per cent under the plan, and student...
Amid the threat of funding cuts to theatres across the country, Kingston University is celebrating the opening of Britain's first purpose-built theatre of the 21st century. The £11 million Rose...
The University of Nottingham has made a selection of its teaching expertise freely available over the web for individuals and organisations outside the university. It includes podcasts by experts and...
A former inmate of Guantanamo Bay is to take part in a series of lectures on ethics, torture and the War on Terror at Edge Hill University. The series, which starts on 28 February, has been organised...
What is believed to be the first academic study of 9/11 conspiracy theories has been conducted by a University of Manchester academic. Published this month in the journal New German Critique, Peter...
Dance students from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts test Move-me.com at FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technlology) in Liverpool.The booth is a mobile dance studio that allows...
Probing the potential health risks of new technology has become a funding priority. Zoe Corbyn reports.
Natural Environment Research Council- Award winner: A. W. G. Pike- Institution: University of Bristol, School of Arts- Value: £101,841Dating the Palaeolithic cave art of the Iberian peninsula by...
Michael Arthur, higher education's new representative on the QCA board, is a champion of the 14-19 diplomas.
A new student complaints ombudsman has been appointed. The Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education has confirmed that Rob Behrens will take over as chief adjudicator on the...
Not only must scientists debate their work more with the public, their efforts should be rewarded, says Jack Stilgoe.
Whitehall's unhelpful new advice on student radicalisation paints a luridly inaccurate picture of vulnerable naifs and sinister brainwashers, says Frank Furedi.
David Eastwood sets out the opportunities and challenges posed by Hefce's review of sustainable development in higher education.