It is flattering that the chief executive of Universities UK has been so impressed by the "marketing" of Dutch universities in the UK that she has spent some of her valuable time writing about it in...
Richard Descoings, who was the director of the Paris Institute of Political Studies, has been described by colleagues as "a tremendously charismatic figure" and has been praised by Nicolas Sarkozy,...
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineLess is moreScientists have identified a gene that reduces the risk of younger women contracting breast cancer by lowering their oestrogen levels. A...
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Queen Mary job cuts may lead to sliding standards and debased teaching. Paul Jump reports
David Willetts has said that he intends to let universities know “by the end of the month” whether the grade threshold at which university places are removed from the cap on numbers is to be lowered...
The charitable College of Law, one of only five private providers in the UK with degree-awarding powers, has been sold to a private for-profit firm.
Graduate starting salaries are set to fall to their lowest real-terms level since 2003 this summer as 90 per cent of businesses freeze their offers to recruits, according to analysis released today.
By Allie Grasgreen, for Inside Higher Ed
Efforts to promote race equality in higher education have petered out and had "little impact", a conference has heard.
The president of London Metropolitan University students’ union has called for the vice-chancellor to apologise after he suggested the sale of alcohol should be banned from parts of the campus...
The University of Bedfordshire has appointed Bill Rammell, formerly a higher education minister under Labour, as its new vice-chancellor.
The universities of Oxford and Cambridge have joined the campaign against a cap on tax relief for philanthropic donations amid fears that it could cost the sector millions of pounds.
Much of Blair Worden's recent work has been devoted to exploring the interface between literature and history in early modern England. Marchamont Nedham, Andrew Marvell and John Milton came together...