The European Commission has announced plans to invest 鈧22 billion (拢19 billion) in public-private research and innovation projects over the next seven years.
The research excellence framework risks turning British economics into 鈥渁 purely quaint academic subject with no connection to the real world鈥, an academic paper has warned.
Universities should play a bigger role in driving growth and should be more accessible to smaller businesses, according to a government-commissioned review.
Two university lecturers branded as being part of 鈥渂ad academia鈥 by the education secretary have denounced his proposals for the new National Curriculum.
London mayor Boris Johnson has provoked a storm of criticism on Twitter after joking that women in Malaysia need to go to university to find a husband.
Ministers should focus more resources on explaining the student finance system to parents to avoid children being put off university by debt, a thinktank says
Girls are outperforming boys in the sciences but are still not choosing to take such subjects ahead of university, a study on vocational qualifications has found.
Students entering university from state schools perform better than expected when securing a job after graduation compared with the privately educated, a new report says.
David Cameron has told David Willetts to build the UK鈥檚 offer to overseas students into a more persuasive 鈥減ackage鈥 and urged him to attract more foreign universities to Britain.
Former home secretary David Blunkett is to become a visiting professor at the world鈥檚 first centre for the public understanding of politics, at the University of Sheffield.
Graduates from London South Bank University are the least likely to be in a job or studying six months after leaving, latest employment data have revealed.
The UK spends $43,463 (拢28,350) per student over the course of their higher education studies, data from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development show
International students coming to the UK could have to pay at least 拢200 a year to use the National Health Service under plans unveiled by the government.
Dramatic falls in part-time and mature student numbers must be tackled to ensure people from poorer families have the chance to go to university, access head Les Ebdon has warned.
The Cardiff government鈥檚 policy of subsidising Welsh student fees when they study elsewhere in the UK has been attacked by the Welsh Conservatives, who say it is siphoning money to English universities.
A Tweet sent by a University of New Mexico psychologist, which suggested that obese people do not have the willpower to complete a PhD, was not, as its author had claimed, 鈥減art of a research project鈥, the institution has concluded.
A paucity of suitable sites, a 鈥渟tand-offish鈥 attitude and a lack of coordinated, long-term planning are all to blame for the scarcity of large international scientific facilities on UK soil, the Lords Science and Technology committee has been told.聽
The government has announced a fund worth up to 拢125 million to support disadvantaged students into further study, as a new report reveals postgraduate numbers fell last year.
A deal to bring together early-career researchers from the UK and Kazakhstan to explore potential joint projects has been struck as part of the prime minister鈥檚 visit to the central Asian state.
Some students at the University of Liverpool have been sent the wrong degree results, after the Russell Group institution experienced a 鈥渢echnical problem鈥
Glasgow Caledonian University has said it is happy that the PhD thesis of Iran鈥檚 new president elect is properly referenced and is not undertaking a formal academic investigation
The number of graduate vacancies at leading employers is now at its highest level since the onset of the financial crisis in 2008, boosted by openings in the public sector, a survey has found.
