Cash from overseas students is expected to rocket over the next three years, new figures reveal this week. But the rise in students numbers will not be matched by an increase in staffing, writes...
A synergy between kitchen and laboratory has helped a British chef to win a third Michelin star. Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck restaurant, in the Berkshire village of Bray, is the fourth to gain the...
Cutting dropout rates could backfire on the government clampdown on student numbers, academics have warned, writes Alison Goddard. Charles Clarke, the education secretary, last week ordered funding...
Pass or fail Full details and analysis after next week's crunch vote on top-up fees Also After the Ice: A Global Human History 20,000-50,000BC reviewed by Steven Mithen Books focus politics Saint or...
As the higher education bill reaches its second reading on Tuesday, THES reporters weigh up the opposition and analyse the last-minute manoeuvring Labour rebels came under pressure from colleagues...
As the higher education bill reaches its second reading on Tuesday, THES reporters weigh up the opposition and analyse the last-minute manoeuvring Student grants could almost double to £2,700 by 2006...
As the higher education bill reaches its second reading on Tuesday, THES reporters weigh up the opposition and analyse the last-minute manoeuvring Universities are lining up to fight for changes to...
As the higher education bill reaches its second reading on Tuesday, THES reporters weigh up the opposition and analyse the last-minute manoeuvring Michael Portillo, the former Tory rebel who had been...
Employers are preparing to offer more "golden hello" payments to graduate recruits and other financial incentives such as interest-free loans to help them recover from large debts accumulated in...
Almost two-thirds of students would would have chosen a different university if their first-choice institution had demanded tuition fees of £3,000, a survey revealed this week. The Unite Student...
Labour MPs' fears that aversion to debt will deter children from poor families from going to university are groundless, according to Gordon Marshall, vice-chancellor of the University of Reading....
While most students are optimistic about their job prospects after graduation, few believe they have developed good business skills while at university, according to the Unite Student Living Report,...
The higher education bill has reheated the debate about non-traditional courses, Tony Tysome reports The government's plans to increase the number of student places, bring in top-up fees and relax...
The THES sent reporter Tony Tysome to Birmingham University to judge whether he thought the applied golf management degree was a Mickey Mouse course. This is how he found it. The materials science...
Applied golf management studies, Birmingham University Former bank manager Jonathan Wright is not the sort of man to take unnecessary risks, so when he decided to take a place on Birmingham's golf...