Members of the University and College Union at Glyndwr University are being balloted on strike action in support of their branch chair, Hamish Murphy, who the union claimed was dismissed from his...
The much-debated topic of "research-informed teaching" will be the focus of a symposium at Nottingham Trent University on 13 November. The symposium follows a survey of approximately 700 students,...
Degree programmes have been launched in Pakistan by the University of Bradford. The university has teamed up with Namal College, founded three years ago in the Mianwali region by former cricketer...
Researchers at the University of York have calculated carbon-footprint data for individual neighbourhoods in the city and have found that areas in which the community apparently has a strong "green...
The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, part of the University of Oxford, is the oldest public museum in the country. When it opened in 1683, it brought together a collection that had already...
Birmingham head donates £40,000 of own cash to Circles of Influence project. John Morgan reports
There is "no evidence" that blue-skies work is more likely to produce highly cited papers than that with targeted funding, a study says.The report published last week examined research papers arising...
IndiaNamaste, Uncle SamThere are high hopes in India that leading American universities will set up partnerships with the Indian Institutes of Technology and other leading higher education bodies,...
California's staggering debt threatens the future of its mighty public universities. Jon Marcus reports
Libraries are being transformed into rowdy social spaces, with disastrous consequences, says Kevin Sharpe
Universities should learn from other cultures to inculcate respect and prudence, which companies will soon demand, argues Peter Brady
Papers including The Daily Telegraph and The Sun rushed to splash pictures of scantily clad University of Cambridge students across their pages last week. The snaps of a near-naked "size-12 stunner...
The Government's long-awaited strategy for the sector is out at last. Melanie Newman reports
The Government stepped in to admonish the former head of the university quality watchdog "in no uncertain terms" when he publicly criticised the system for classifying degrees, it has emerged.In a...
Scientists ponder their next move in light of David Nutt's sacking by Home Office. Zoë Corbyn writes