The University of Manchester has admitted assessing the English skills of some international students with a language test deemed unsuitable for admissions, mainly in order to allow poorer students...
University College London's museums and laboratories will host more than 300 secondary school pupils from this September, after delays to the building of their UCL-sponsored academy left them without...
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCILResponsive Mode Grant AwardsValues are amounts requested; funds awarded may differ.• Award winner: David Goulson• Institution: University of...
Pay-to-publish will work for top-flight Big Science: for everything else it will be a disaster, says Salvatore Babones
Sir Martin Harris, Offa's outgoing director, argues that widening participation and fair access remain key to the sector's progress
The UK has more professors than ever, says Stephen Court, but their influence over their institutions, and their optimism, is on the wane
Post-92s among high risers as coalition hopes for 'competitive pressure' fade. John Morgan reports
A Supreme Court ruling could pave the way for a "flood" of appeals from private colleges and overseas students against a significant number of government immigration decisions, lawyers have said.
All eyes on De Montfort's move to seek £110m in 'prudent' long-term financing. John Morgan writes
Read report carefully before panicking about costs, Finch insiders advise. Paul Jump writes
QAA not set up to ensure universities are raising quality, analysis claims. Paul Jump reports
The amount of money that UK universities earn from knowledge exchange rose by 7 per cent to just over £3.3 billion between 2009-10 and 2010-11, according to a report by the Higher Education Funding...
Body aims to lose 'unhelpful' name and recruit new members abroad. John Morgan reports
A leading Poppleton don had to be rushed to hospital yesterday after a hysterical breakdown in the senior common room of David Willetts College.Witnesses say that Dr Quintock of the Department of...
How refreshing to read Jonathan Steinberg's article on the relevance of biographical study ("Cult of personalities", 19 July). While there is undoubtedly a place for the Bennite argument against the...