Surrey University must pay compensation to a failed PhD student because her supervisor omitted to tell her that her work was not good enough. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer of Thornton, acting on...
MPs attacked a research council this week for doing too little to fight a growing "anti-science culture", and claimed that it lacked passion in the controversial debate over genetic modification....
Science researchers must work harder to show the applications of their labour to secure government funding. Nobody can doubt the present British government's commitment to science. John Prescott,...
The University of East London has got one up on Buckingham Palace. Poet Benjamin Zephaniah, who last week publicly rejected the offer of an OBE, has accepted an honorary doctorate from the university...
A student who took a BMW from a dealership as part of a university rugby club initiation has been banned from driving for a year. Jonathon Cummins, 22, from Dundee University, led police on a high-...
Schoolchildren from across the country challenged scientists over whether genetic advances were allowing them to play God during a junior question time at the Royal Society last week. While some of...
The Political Studies Association held its annual awards ceremony last week. While many high-profile politicians received awards - including former foreign secretary Robin Cook, London mayor Ken...
Monday Halfway through a research fellowship and I've hit a brick wall. I came to the Wolfsonian-Florida International University, founded by Mitchell Wolfson Junior, for its huge collection of 1930s...
The Lambert review has recognised that there is a skills gap in knowledge transfer and that, at best, current training and continuing professional development provide only limited support. While...
Will underprivileged students benefit from new government proposals? asks Jo Blanden "Education must be a force for opportunity and social justice, not for the entrenchment of privilege." This is the...
Vinita Damodaran and Richard Grove detect a worrying move towards Eurocentrism When visitors walk into the London headquarters of the British Academy the first thing they see is a fine bust of...
Whatever the fate of the government's proposal for £3,000 variable tuition fees, the days when student debt merely meant owing your mates a round at the bar have long gone. When MPs debate the impact...
A key government justification for top-up fees will be undermined by next week's British Social Attitudes survey, which will show that taxpayers want public cash to be spent on university students...
Universities are facing a 10 billion financial black hole that is sure to grow if the top-up fee legislation falls, vice-chancellors warned this week. Vice-chancellors' lobby Universities UK will ask...
A new £8 million bursary scheme will underline Cambridge's commitment to poor students, but the university needs top-up fees to be able to afford it, vice-chancellor Alison Richard has said....