A mature student plans to ask the High Court to tear up an Ofsted inspection report on his former college, claiming that some of its findings are "perverse and irrational" and that inspectors failed...
The Commons science and technology committee is keen to introduce a Hippocratic-style oath for scientists to aid the fight against terrorism. At an evidence session on the scientific response to...
Newcastle College is to build the UK's largest further education music, performance and media centre at its Rye Hill campus. The £19 million fame academy, funded by the Learning and Skills Council...
The European Commission is planning to spend €150 million (£107 million) in the next decade on new science to avoid a chemical industry logjam. Thomas Hartung of the commission's joint research...
THES reporters look at the new Roberts report on the assessment of research Peer review remains at the centre of research assessment under the proposals published this week by UK funding councils....
THES reporters look at the new Roberts report on the assessment of research Universities will have to provide detailed cost breakdowns to accompany grant applications, under proposed reforms to...
THES reporters look at the new Roberts report on the assessment of research The funding councils have asked universities to help them develop threshold standards for delivering postgraduate research...
About a quarter of all students in UK higher education may be from overseas by 2025 - double the current proportion, the British Council has predicted. The change could force institutions to rethink...
Government policies on skills and innovation will not create an economy capable of competing effectively in the global markets, according to a new report. Robert Taylor, media fellow with the...
Medics with disabilities should be welcomed by the health service, says Anne Tynan. "The attitude was to cure disabilities," David Du Bois, associate professor specialising in disability issues at...
Fault lines are emerging between England and post-devolution Scotland in higher education and health, according to the principal of Dundee University. Sir Alan Langlands, former chief executive of...
The European Union's Fulbright-style international exchange programme may be delayed by a looming political battle over funding. A row between the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers...
The Irish government has been forced to ditch plans to bring back tuition fees. Instead, it will invest more in schemes to help students from lower socioeconomic groups get into higher education. The...
Europe's protectionist focus on public-financed universities would lead to stagnation, the head of the Australian-based Global University Alliance warned last week. Terry Hilsberg accused Europeans...
Student fees are likely to rise for the first time since 1999 under a new regime announced in the New Zealand government's budget. From this year, the government will set the maximum fee that...