A multimillion-pound sports centre is being built at the University of Central Lancashire. The project is expected to cost about £16 million and will create sporting facilities of sufficient quality...
Greenwich town centre is set to see a £60 million university development. The University of Greenwich has acquired a site in the town centre, and plans to build a new library and a home for its...
Staff and students at London Metropolitan University held a one-day strike as part of their fight to save at least 550 jobs that are at risk.The university has been hit with funding cuts and...
United StatesFees hike for Californian studentsStudents in California face a fees hike after the 23-campus state university system announced plans to raise the cost of tuition by 10 per cent. The...
Protectionist law could make life difficult for foreign academics. Jon Marcus reports
The EPSRC is using an outside fund manager to select and shape commercial proposals. Zoë Corbyn reports
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCILFourteen fellows will share £5.5 million under the Global Uncertainties scheme, run by the ESRC and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. They will look at how...
As pro v-c for research at Leeds, Andrew Thompson intends to develop early-career researchers, not least for the REF
Fraser McLeay has been appointed head of the marketing, travel and tourism management subject group at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University. Professor McLeay has previously held posts at...
The spectacular 450-tonne Infinity Bridge over the river at Stockton-on-Tees officially opens this week.Built for £15 million, it links the major North Shore waterfront development with Durham...
Top educationist says critics of undergraduates are guilty of moral panic, writes Rebecca Attwood
Rich rewards promised for top-quality teachers and researchers, writes Melanie Newman
The University of Bath is to restructure its academic departments after a cost-cutting exercise in which 19 support staff have been made redundant.An internal performance review found that academics...
Southampton Solent University plans to merge with a further education college in the city.The Southampton City College campus is ten minutes' walk from the university and lies adjacent to its halls...
Union confrontations will not help the sector achieve the financial stability that secures jobs, Bill Wakeham says