The Liberal Democrats may base part of their revised national higher education policy on the Scottish student funding solution. Baroness Sharp, the party's education spokeswoman in the House of Lords...
Matti Alderson could become an unlikely hero for lecturers who fear that red tape is damaging their ability to teach and research. As chairwoman of the Cabinet Office task force looking at the...
Huddersfield University has launched what is claimed to be the world's first "creative imaging" masters course. The programme, which is being run in conjunction with the brand communications firm...
Chancellor Gordon Brown pledged that investment in science would be a priority of the public spending review when he opened the National e-Science Centre (NeSC) based at Edinburgh University. Mr...
Business and further and higher education must put their weight behind the development of new sector skills councils to bring training in Britain up to European standards, a conference heard last...
An estimated 12,000 Chilean university students have demonstrated outside the education ministry and in university cities to protest at cuts in student grants and university funding. Fifteen students...
An independent "college", partly inspired by the Oxbridge model, is to open in Milan in January 2003 with the support of a consortium, the Italian branch of the Aspen Institute and eminent academics...
Eight European universities, including Loughborough and Wales (Bangor), have set up a consortium to offer joint postgraduate degrees for international students. The European Graduate Studies Group...
Russian politicians and officials are to be issued with a guide to the proper use of the Russian language in a drive, headed by top university experts, to maintain standards. The pamphlet, A...
UK and German universities are now doing what the US and Australia are old hands at - tapping alumni for cash. But Italians still think it's all rather vulgar... Gifts from alumni to UK universities...
Alumni organisations are mushrooming in Germany in response to increasing competition among universities for funds for students and competition among graduates for jobs. A decade ago they were...
UK and German universities are now doing what the US and Australia are old hands at - tapping alumni for cash. But Italians still think it's all rather vulgar... Italian tax laws are decidedly...
UK and German universities are now doing what the US and Australia are old hands at - tapping alumni for cash. But Italians still think it's all rather vulgar... A landscaped wall is nearing...
UK and German universities are now doing what the US and Australia are old hands at - tapping alumni for cash. But Italians still think it's all rather vulgar... A significant proportion of the A$120...
The US government is to conduct background checks on all applicants for student visas who come from seven countries considered to be sponsors of terrorism. Government officials and universities will...