Researchers in social policy have sent a clear message to referees of the 2008 research assessment exercise that their work should be judged primarily on how accessible it is, not on which journal it...
Tax rejig could prompt a rethink on higher education policy- but not in Scotland New Liberal Democrats' tax policies could mean an end to their opposition to tuition fees, senior party members said...
Scottish Liberal Democrats could soon find themselves at odds with their English colleagues over tuition fees. As party leaders in Westminster consider dropping their anti-tuition fees policy,...
Stephen Williams, who became the Liberal Democrat Higher Education Spokesman five months ago, will find himself in the hot seat if his party ditches its commitment to abolishing university tuition...
A group of professors defended centralisation plans that led a president to resign. Jon Marcus reports A group of Harvard University professors has concluded that President Lawrence Summers was right...
University lecturers in Belarus could be charged with corruption under a new law signed last week by Belarusian President Alaksandr Lukashenka. The law expands the list of professions whose members...
An increasing number of India's graduates are opting for lucrative jobs in the information technology sector rather than moving on to postgraduate study. "It is a very serious problem," said G....
Naked demonstrators, clashes with security staff and burning barricades marked the start of the German university summer holidays as students protested at the introduction of tuition fees. Only four...
Israel's Council for Higher Education has blocked a plan for a new university in northern Israel for at least the next five years. The university in Galilee was planned as a multi-campus institution...
Italy's university system has been rocked by yet another corruption scandal. Police are investigating what they suspect was a racket for the purchase of exam passes at the University of Bari's...
The number of Aborigines enrolling at university is falling and the rate at which they drop out continues to be higher than for the population as a whole, according to an Australian government report...
To disregard expert advice in a misguided pursuit of democracy is naive and potentially dangerous, writes David Ball It takes a lot to quit a government advisory committee working on a matter of...
Memories of this year's pay dispute are still fresh at Birmingham University. Sir Dominic Cadbury, the university's chancellor, has received at least a handful of complaint letters after he upset...
The boss of a cash-for-essays company claims that Cambridge University students are his best customers. Barclay Littlewood, the 28-year-old head of ukessays.com, uses university notice boards to make...
One academic is so outraged by the BBC's decision to axe Top of the Pops that he has been inspired to turn it into a research project. Phil Jackson, a popular music lecturer at Edge Hill University,...