Students are more satisfied with traditional academic subjects than new "sexy" vocational disciplines such as media studies, suggests the first national student satisfaction survey. Figures leaked to...
Americans have long had a love affair with Scotland, being particularly fond of its golf and whisky, but now it seems that US universities are after Scottish students as well, writes Paul Hill. An...
It is probably a safe bet that Marie Inamahoro (not her real name) is the only medic living in her grim, graffiti-daubed council tower block in Glasgow's notorious Gorbals area. It is hardly a...
A multimillion-pound deal to encourage more collaboration between British and Indian universities was due to be signed by Tony Blair and his Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh, this week. Mr Blair...
Foreign universities' operations in Israel have been given until next June to become Israeli institutions. Insiders say the effect of a change in the law passed by the Knesset this year may signify...
An American law that withholds university tuition assistance from students convicted of selling or possessing drugs seems to be affecting poor and non-white students more often than wealthier white...
Romanian students have trained honeybees to find landmines as part of a project funded by Microsoft. The team started work with the bees after US researchers found that chemicals from landmines often...
The Australian Government is to allocate almost A$250 million (£103.7 million) to universities rated for their teaching strengths rather than research. Under the Government's new Learning and...
The US emerges from a study of student finance as the worst place to have large debt and low income. In contrast, the UK, Australia and Canada seem to be the best places for borrowers with a low...
Universities in the US South have in effect ceased to function in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Up to 100,000 students have been displaced, and many have dispersed to seek places at other schools...
Finland is set to become the second Nordic country to introduce tuition fees for foreign students. In two years, students from outside the European Union/European Economic Area will have to pay fees...
A new charter for researchers aims to drive the European knowledge economy, writes Lord Sainsbury Representatives from 35 countries meet at a London conference this week to discuss steps towards...
Imagine you are marooned with 46 strangers on a beautiful island after a plane crash. You are living on the beach among the wreckage, each day expecting to be rescued. There are ample supplies of...
We recently reported that Cambridge physicist Stephen Hawking had the biggest one in the UK ( Times Higher , August 26). But we have since learnt that, in fact, Cambridge astronomer Martin Rees, soon...
With the party conference season weeks away, the two lecturers' unions have the chance to bring higher education, tuition fees, academic pay and university underfunding back to the fore of ministers...