New rules to allow students to study "without fear of failure" in their first year have been agreed at Luton University in response to concerns that more than a quarter drop out. Amid claims that the...
Universities are making slow progress in cutting dropout rates and their efforts to recruit more poor students are also sluggish, according to the latest performance indicators. The proportion of...
Former higher education minister Margaret Hodge famously linked so-called Mickey Mouse degrees with the unacceptably high dropout rates found at institutions such as the University of East London,...
There may be no new money to pay for an extra 10,000 places on the government's flagship foundation degree courses next year, sparking fears that universities and colleges may have to divert cash...
A further education college in Blackpool has created a mock casino for training would-be croupiers to work in the seaside town's planned Las Vegas-style gambling resort, writes Tony Tysome. Graduates...
Up to 70,000 students could find themselves shut out of college this year after English further education funding chiefs this week admitted they had turned down bids for extra places worth £30...
Scottish colleges have seen a deficit of more than £14 million turn into a £2.3 million surplus in one year. The financial watchdog Audit Scotland says the majority of Scotland's 42 colleges of...
* Extra cash for new funding stream * Better-run universities should get greater financial freedoms * Code of conduct for governance established The government should plough up to £200 million more...
A unique Greenwich University research centre could be hit by funding policies despite its exemplary work with industry, according to the Lambert report. Greenwich's Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids...
It might have been the best thing since sliced bread - a loaf. The concept that Michael Emes and colleagues at Manchester University proposed - genetically modifying wheat to alter its starch quality...
Demand for research from business * Businesses should establish a high-level forum to enhance technical innovation in business * The government should direct a high proportion of its support for...
Liverpool John Moores University is leading a consortium that aims to include entrepreneurship in student work experience. The consortium has set up a free brokerage service called the Business...
Holland has experienced huge growth in higher education courses for the country's growing population of over-50s, or "silver-tops". The first course for over-50s opened in 1986 at the University of...
A European Union scheme for tight Europe-wide controls on industrial chemicals will offer universities a new revenue stream, officials in Brussels predict. David Wilkinson, head of the scientific...
The Australian government has finally succeeded in getting some of its higher education reforms - including top-up fees - through both houses of parliament. After six months of debate and fierce...