Veteran academic-freedom campaigner Gillian Evans has called off a bitter ten-year dispute with Cambridge University, which has seen three High Court judicial review cases, an Appeal-Court hearing, a...
The UK Patent Office has reacted angrily to Royal Society claims that pressure from cash-hungry universities is leading to inappropriate patents being granted, writes Anna Fazackerley. A report on...
A PhD student from Queen Mary, University of London, was travelling to Palestine yesterday to become a human shield. Lina Jamoul, a student in human geography, has volunteered to take part in non-...
The Bologna Declaration's aim of increased student and academic mobility across Europe is being impeded by differences in labour and social laws as well as by working conditions, European academic...
Easter Sunday might prick the conscience of lapsed churchgoers, but as congregations continue to shrink, alternative spiritualities have never been more popular. The spreading influence of new-age...
The size of the task that faced the government as it grappled with the reform of student funding has been revealed in a research document that exposes stark differences between different income...
The gulf between academics and policy-makers means that much of the £1.4 billion that the government spends on research each year is wasted, Parliament's spending watchdog has warned. The National...
A British-led consortium has won a £9 million contract to train managers embarking on an ambitious programme to reform Egypt's education system. The Educational Leadership Consortium, headed by...
Politics departments across England are under threat as funding changes threaten to sever the vital link between research and teaching at a time of increasing student demand. The funding council...
Numerous factual errors have been discovered in a University of London study guide used by students for the past six years. A Trinidad-based tutor who lectures students sitting the university's...
An online undergraduate degree built around individual learners' needs was launched by Anglia Polytechnic University's Ultralab this week. The first cohort for the Ultraversity degree will be limited...
Virtual learning environment vendors do not provide enough facilities to meet the teaching and learning needs of further and higher education, UK e-learning specialists from more than 40 universities...
British universities have helped fuel the rapid growth of the country's creative industries, but this drive has not been matched by policy-makers, particularly those responsible for film policy,...
Written comments may be a traditional way to communicate with students, but are they really useful to those on the receiving end, asks Paul Orsmond As a tutor, almost the last thing I do before...
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage Name: Jane Clarbour Age: 43 Job: Lecturer in social psychology and forensic psychology, University of York. Salary: £23,292...