Proposed improvements to the lecturers' pension scheme could stave off the looming recruitment and retention crisis, the Association of University Teachers believes. Trustees of the Universities...
The quality wars could be over north of the border, with broad backing for a Scottish system that it is claimed will be much less burdensome than England's quality assurance scheme. The Scottish...
Single lecturers who aspire to an average standard of housing will be able to achieve it only if they work at northern or Welsh universities, figures reveal. Statistics from the Labour Research...
The new quality-assurance regime, due to be introduced next September, is likely to be delayed, writes Phil Baty. Peter Williams, acting chief executive of the Quality Assurance Agency, said: "It is...
A class of students is suing its former college for failing to properly equip them for professional careers, even though some successfully achieved their qualifications. Six students are seeking "...
Actual hooligans play only a minor role in violence among English football fans, according to Liverpool University social psychologist Clifford Stott. He believes that the labelling of England fans...
The cold glint of hard currency dug up by metal-detector enthusiasts is revealing the forgotten lives of English traders and citizens during the Dark Ages. Numismatists at the Fitzwilliam Museum in...
A group of Edinburgh University students is to launch a society to encourage graduates to think about starting their own business. The Edinburgh Entrepreneurial Society (ESoc) aims to follow the lead...
Peers have called on the government and institutions to do more to tackle problems emerging from the growing number of academics employed on short-term contracts in universities and colleges....
Creative subjects have started to focus on research. Caroline Davis reports. Funding chiefs have already revealed that half the staff returned in this year's research assessment exercise work in...
In an era of increased competition, image is everything and the university that rests on its laurels is destined to lose out. Alison Utley reports. Image is all in the modern university. Parents,...
Wine and wine-making are an inalienable part of Tuscan culture and the three largest universities in the region - Florence, Siena and Pisa - have joined forces to set up a "wine university". The...
An objective measure of the economic and social value of a degree across the developed world has been devised by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. It is to publish a...
The European Union's financial watchdog has criticised the EU's Training and Mobility of Researchers Programme. It claims that procedures for the awarding of grants have been too lax, risking "...
A project involving the University of Papua New Guinea and Charles Sturt University in New South Wales has received a A$770,000 (£282,000) federal contract to provide distance-education courses for...