A lecturer is suing the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM) of Northern Ireland over its handling of the appointment of a Commissioner for Victims and Survivors. Marie...
The Privy Council granted taught degree-awarding powers last week to the Arts Institute at Bournemouth. This allows the institute to apply for "university college" title later this year. The...
A move from London to Milton Keynes for The Open University's Validation Services (OUVS) unit has prompted complaints from staff. The move was announced in April this year and is set for February...
Creative skills workshops for those in "traditionally non-creative industries", such as engineering, are to be offered by De Montfort University. The workshops aim to inspire innovation and increase...
Four NHS hospitals are to form an academic health sciences partnership with University College London. UCL Partners will be made up of the university and four NHS trusts: Great Ormond Street Hospital...
Leading experts on Scotland's most acclaimed poet, Robert Burns, are to embark on a 15-year project to produce the most comprehensive collection of his works. The new Centre for Robert Burns Studies...
A consortium of five of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies aims to help tackle global diseases with funding of almost £11 million to support links with the University of Dundee. AstraZeneca...
Budding singer-songwriters in Wales are to have a choice of language in new degree courses being launched next month at Bangor University. Creative Welsh with Popular Music will parallel an English...
A sketch by Scottish artist Jack Vettriano of his most celebrated work, The Singing Butler, will be auctioned by Sotheby's - with an estimated price of £20,000 - at the end of this month in support...
Global energy firm Doosan Babcock, which recruits more than 50 graduate engineers annually to work in power plants across the globe, has agreed a £1 million deal for a masters training scheme with...
A group of marine scientists has been awarded £462,000 to explore the world's deepest undersea volcanoes and find out what lives in a "lost world" 5km beneath the surface of the Caribbean. A team of...
A new governance structure has been adopted by the federation of the 19 self-governing colleges that make up the University of London. Jenny Abramsky, director of BBC audio and music, has been...
An £8.8 million research project into helicopter rotor blade technology has been launched at the University of Liverpool. The three-year project, funded by the Technology Strategy Board, will involve...
US warned it could lose its lead of the global pack if it doesn't learn from Europe, reports John Gill
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) has questioned whether there are enough teaching and management staff to handle an expansion in courses resulting from government reforms of...