The vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge has offered a robust defence of research as “inherent to the very fibre of a university†and bemoaned the “deafening†silence from government over...
Part-time students are to be given an extra year of grace before they become eligible to start repaying tuition fee loans after the government agreed to changes that had been put forward by the...
A cross-party committee of peers in the House of Lords is to investigate how the European Union can help higher education across the continent to boost jobs, growth and innovation.
By Kaustuv Basu, for Inside Higher Ed
The 40 per cent reduction in public spending on universities over the next four years will help contribute to the biggest fall in education spending over such a period since the 1950s, a respected...
The first set of figures on university applications for 2012 entry, when the fee cap rises to £9,000, shows a 9 per cent fall compared to the same time last year.
Researchers should not feel obliged to pursue research favoured by prestigious journals, David Willetts has said.
The chair of the council of the University of Wales has stepped down after the education minister called for him to consider his position.
One in five higher education institutions in England is seeking to lower its fee levels to less than £7,500 to bid for additional student places, the Office for Fair Access has said.
The research councils might never recoup the money they have spent on the troubled Shared Services Centre, the National Audit Office has warned in a critical report.
If you've ever wondered why you're addicted to Dan Brown thrillers, passionate about Proust, or obsessed with Pride and Prejudice, Keith Oatley's Such Stuff as Dreams aims to provide an answer.Oatley...
This is an English translation of a book that was first published in Italian four years ago, and that aroused considerable controversy in the author's native Italy.The reasons for the controversy are...
David Matthews reports from Kampala on problems with public funding and academic freedom
Collection of scholarly essays attacks 'distorting' effects of coalition reforms. Simon Baker reports
University sportsGame on for 2012The third Universities Week is to celebrate the higher education sector's contribution to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Running from 30 April to 7 May...