From Jane Austen to Charles Dickens, adaptations of literary classics have always been a mainstay of cinema and television programming. Now a centre has been set up at De Montfort University to study...
The life history of the naked mole rat is among the records of more than 4,000 animal species that have been included in an online database at the University of Liverpool. The database, which is the...
Fairer or fouler? Views vary on a proposed update to long-established code, writes Melanie Newman
The Royal Veterinary College's new Centre for Emerging, Endemic and Exotic Diseases (CEEED) is a state-of-the-art hub for a multidisciplinary team of epidemiologists, immunologists, microbiologists,...
Lifelong learningMPs back more adult educationMore than 100 MPs have signed an early day motion lamenting the loss of 1.4 million adult-education places over the past two years and calling for more...
DIUS to allow governing bodies with fewer staff and student members. Melanie Newman reports
Climate change is one of the gravest threats of our age, but universities are helping to tackle it, writes David Lammy
Universities must tell the public why higher top-ups are needed because the lily-livered Government will not, Anna Fazackerley says
The results of 14 independent reviews of higher education are in. John Denham, the Universities Secretary, now wants to establish a coherent vision for the future of UK higher education. This will be...
The Government will push ahead with its controversial plan to align research funding with the UK's future industrial strengths.The plan could see funding concentrated on fields that are considered...
They may be unlikely bedfellows, but the transfer market between higher education and the Football Association was back in business last week. Last year, Lord Triesman, a Tottenham Hotspur fan,...
Universities Secretary says debate on tuition-fee levels will have to wait. Rebecca Attwood reportsJohn Denham, the Universities Secretary, has defended the Government's decision to refuse to engage...
Engineering giant BAE Systems is to terminate a multimillion-pound joint academic-industry research programme because it is not meeting the "near-term requirements" of its businesses, Times Higher...
Million+ calls Hefce curbs on research degree programme funding 'perverse'. Zoë Corbyn reports