The High Court has given the go-ahead to an inquiry into the forced ejection of an international scholar at Oxford University, which was set up by the university in response to an investigation by...
A blind student with one leg has been given an out-of-court payment to settle his claims of disability discrimination against the University of Central Lancashire. The university has admitted that it...
The science community has given a cool welcome to plans for a government directorate dedicated to technology transfer. But it is split over the decision to leave the Office of Science and Technology...
Running costs at the Student Loans Company are nearly four times what they were when the scheme started. In the academic year 1999-2000 - the most recent for which figures are available - running...
An effective leukaemia vaccine could be available within a few years following a breakthrough by scientists at Nottingham Trent University. Robert Rees, Colin Creaser and Philip Bonner, of the...
Further education college chiefs and union leaders have warned that government plans to draft further education lecturers into schools will drain colleges of their most valuable teachers. Estelle...
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....