Mona Siddiqui is privileged to be among the broad band of new fellows elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh Islamic scholar Mona Siddiqui, head of Glasgow University's department of theology and...
The following have been elected honorary fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: David Attenborough, freelance writer and broadcaster; Michael Berry (Bristol); John McCarthy (Stanford); Michael...
De Montfort University stands accused of abandoning academic standards after deciding to improve students' exam results by up to 14 per cent because their performance was so poor. A decision last...
Chancellor Gordon Brown underlined his commitment to making Britain the most attractive country to carry out stem-cell research in the Budget this week. Mr Brown said: "Stem-cell research holds the...
Research student numbers could fall in England as a result of a funding formula to be introduced next year, a think-tank said this week. The Higher Education Funding Council for England has announced...
Six new universities may be created after quality watchdogs considered higher education colleges' applications for a change of status, it emerged this week. The Times Higher has learnt that the...
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The Association of University Teachers' national executive has endorsed the proposed rules and objectives of a new union created by merger with lecturers' union Natfhe. The recommendation will go to...
The Government is to re-examine its rules on the right of European students to obtain financial aid in the UK after a ruling in the European Court of Justice. The court decided this week on the case...
The next £100 million available under the Government's Technology Programme was announced this week. This round of funding will concentrate on the automotive, energy and aerospace sectors. The...
The Scottish National Party, which proposes the reintroduction of grants, says more than a third of Scots who graduated when Labour came to power are still not earning enough to pay off their student...
Glasgow University scientists have won £800,000 from the Wellcome Trust for their research into fighting the viruses that cause diseases such as Aids and leukaemia. The research team of molecular...
This year's Green Gown awards will be presented at the annual Association of University Directors of Estates conference next week. The awards recognise good environmental performance in the sector....
Last month's conference on aid to Iraq's universities ( Times Higher , March 4, 2005) was convened in Paris by the higher education division of Unesco.
Researchers in the country's leading war studies department have been shocked by the departure of one of their directors, who was made redundant as part of the university's preparations for the next...