Northumbria University has removed anti-war material from the internet site of one of its leading psychology academics after warning that his messages could be offensive to students who support the...
The government has set Steven Schwartz, vice-chancellor of Brunel University, the task of identifying the relative merits of university applicants. Professor Schwartz and his team, which has yet to...
Mismanagement by the National Council for Education and Training Wales has caused "significant damage" to its reputation and that of the Welsh National Assembly, a report from the assembly's audit...
Student loans in Northern Ireland were financed by England's Department for Education and Skills, an Audit Office report says. The mistake happened because the Student Loans Company registered...
Imperial College London has borrowed £23 million from the European Investment Bank in order to bring in three times as much in government cash. The college had secured funding from the Science...
The war in Iraq is likely to transform scholarly thinking on politics for years to come, academics said this week. Popular theories in the areas of international relations, international security and...
The Cambridge MIT Institute has launched a new strategy, halfway into its initial five-year lifespan. This week's statement follows a mid-term review carried out by new executive directors Michael...
Staff at the Welsh further education college where Who Wants to Be a Millionaire cheat Tecwen Whittock is head of business studies expressed shock at his conviction for attempting to defraud the TV...
The government's commitment to a fundamental shift in the relationship between higher education and business was reinforced at a skills launch on Tuesday. Charles Clarke, secretary of state for...
More and more students are getting good degrees, according to figures released this week by the Higher Education Statistics Agency. Some 58 per cent obtained first or upper second-class honours in...
Students from poor families should pay the same tuition fees as those from rich families, the Parliamentary Universities Group heard this week. Steven Schwartz, vice-chancellor of Brunel University,...
Ten Sheffield students have been taken to hospital and 90 others immunised with the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine after an outbreak of mumps in the city. GPs in Sheffield have reported a huge...
The new UK Biosciences Federation is struggling to find sufficient money to support its long-term aim of becoming the definitive voice for biology. The federation, which is not due to launch...
A college lecturer was one of three people convicted this week for deception in the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? trial. A jury concluded that Tecwen Whittock's strategic coughing during the...
Any attempt to relax the laws on the trade of artefacts must be resisted, says Colin Renfrew. Iraq is one of the most archaeologically significant countries in the world. The earliest urban...