An academic at London Metropolitan University has spoken of his shock at learning that one of his students was among those arrested last week in connection with the alleged plot to blow up passenger...
A Brunel University physicist has been forced to give up a top research post at Stanford University because he shares his name with a suspected Islamic terrorist. Akram Khan, a reader in the School...
More than 80 per cent of students who graduated in 2004-05 in medicine and dentistry, subjects allied to medicine, veterinary science and education, found employment, according to the Higher...
Sixthformers starting university this year expect to fork out £33,512 over the course of their degree, a rise of almost £5,000 on last year's projected figure, a survey has found. The survey by...
A levels should be phased out after 2008 and replaced by a British Baccalaureate with a menu of academic and vocational elements, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research. The think-tank...
Gap-year programmes for UK students are at risk of becoming outdated and a new form of colonialism, according to international development charity Voluntary Service Overseas. The charity is calling...
Professional Engineering Publishing (Pep), the publishing arm of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, has created an online archive of engineering journals dating back to 1847. Pep publishes 17...
The Bank of England stated last week that the introduction of top-up fees in England was partly to blame for rising inflation. Mervyn King, the bank's governor, said there was a "50:50" chance of...
... but not if you're an academic, says Anna Fazackerley, who finds quite a few on a busman's holiday, hunched over a PC or working hard in the lab. For James Tooley, professor of education at...
Where do university heads escape in August after a gruelling year dealing with striking academics, litigious students and the latest government directives? Vice-chancellors are just as likely to take...
England's newest universities look set for a bumper recruitment year in which they will buck the downward trend in applications nationally, according to new figures. Nine of the 12 institutions that...
Some subjects rely on the last-minute scramble to fill their courses, reports Alan Thomson. Students entering the final rush for degree places in clearing this week are up to three times more likely...
Jessica Shepherd kicks off a new series on popular courses by plumbing the depths of a Cornish tin mine. Wanted: students of all ages. Must be willing to accept heavily subsidised trips abroad,...
A third of admissions officers believe A levels are of little use in preparing students for university, according to a survey. Some 29 per cent said that A-level study prepared students badly for...
Making money from spin-offs will be among the topics discussed at a conference to be hosted by Imperial College London on September 26. Speakers include David Willetts MP, Rory Earley from the...