Inquiry considers Lampeter's future
Closure is ruled out but a review will scrutinise leadership and strategy. Melanie Newman reports
Closure is ruled out but a review will scrutinise leadership and strategy. Melanie Newman reports
- White working-class boys are turning their back on university, according to new research. A government-funded study found that white teenagers were less likely to go to university than school-...
The body that advises the Prime Minister on education is to recommend that universities take candidates' schools into account when deciding whether to offer them a place.The National Council for...
Task force promises universities more funds and freedom if they hit national goals, writes Tariq Tahir
Concordat between v-cs and funders does not allay concern over fixed-term posts. Zoe Corbyn reports
Lecturers fear that students use plagiarism detection software to 'beat the system', says Rebecca Attwood
Students think their lecturers are reluctant to investigate plagiarism and that those who cheat are rarely caught, research suggests.
E-mails give credence to the view that 'league-table culture' is eroding quality, says John Gill
The British Academy2008 Postdoctoral FellowshipsForty-nine 2008 Postdoctoral Fellowships have been awarded by the British Academy across the humanities and social sciences, of which twelve are listed...

Tony Ryan, ICI professor of physical chemistry and head of the chemistry department at the University of Sheffield, stands beside one of a collection of “dissolvable dresses”, part of the “Wonderland...
Data provided by Thomson Scientific from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1998–29 February 2008
With Britain’s Armed Forces currently heavily committed in the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, significant numbers of “reservists” have been mobilised for service in recent years....

Hot on the heels of a newspaper report that New Hall Cambridge will be changing its name following the receipt of a very large donation, comes news that Poppleton will soon be saying farewell to one...
Felipe Fernández-Armesto considers why soccer will never score highly in the US