The growing trend of turfing academics out of private offices and into open-plan rooms with a call-centre ambience could seriously damage their sense of worth and their concentration, according to...
The story is set in "a world peopled by individuals displaced from an earlier time, who are confused by a sudden and dramatic change in their environment". This may sound like science fiction. In...
Academic theologians are challenging the leadership of the Anglican Church over its "authoritarian" stance on gays. The Church is in turmoil following the Windsor Report, commissioned by Rowan...
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The University Campus Suffolk project is set to receive a £12.5 million cash injection. Subject to government authorisation, the East of England Development Agency has approved the new grant to help...
IP2IPO, the company dedicated to exploiting intellectual property, has made £3.6 million from its work with university spin-off companies over the past six months, interim accounts show. According to...
Latest figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service show that out of 511,669 applicants for courses starting this year, 387,662 have had their places confirmed. This compares with...
Philip Ingham has been appointed head of the Babraham Institute, succeeding Richard Dyer, who is retiring. Professor Ingham, who is in the department of developmental genetics at Sheffield University...
A leading academic at the University of Central England has been named on a list of the most influential Asians in the UK. Professor Upkar Pardesi, dean of the UCE Business School, features in the...
The proportion of nursing students saddled with debts of over £10,000 has doubled over the past two years, and more than half have considered dropping out as a result, reveals a survey by Nursing...
Academics are facing tighter deadlines, smaller print runs and more pressure to "dumb down" if they want to get their work published, according to research. Jon Nixon and Jerry Wellington of...
A multimillion-pound scheme bringing together scientists and artists has come under scathing attack from a former supporter. Little good work has emerged from the Sciart initiative, with scientists "...
Defending universities' independence from Whitehall will be a key priority for the next chief executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England, vice-chancellors argued this week,...
Expansion slows but despite a shrinking share of the international cake, Britain remains an attractive destination both for foreign students and for academics Britain's rapid university expansion has...
