Whistleblowers contacted England's funding council 18 times in the past two years, alerting it to allegations that included pressure being put on staff to lie during an audit and the manipulation of...
Bizarre FoI requests waste university resources, say fatigued staff. David Matthews writes
Big reductions in teacher training places could see 'infrastructure lost for ever'. Sarah Cunnane reports
The winner of a university's Postgraduate Research Image of the Year posed the question: "Is technology the missing piece of the puzzle for cancer?"
London Metropolitan University is set to cut its administration costs by up to 50 per cent by sharing services with other institutions, bringing "some staff losses and some staff gains".
But undergraduates' confidence in their abilities isn't echoed by employers, as Jack Grove reports
Axed scheme had a wider reach than it was given credit for, attests academic. Jack Grove writes
British universities can learn lessons from the admissions reforms used in South Africa to recruit promising black students, a vice-chancellor has argued.
Members of 'the sensible group' must now decide on its direction, Paul Marshall tells Simon Baker
Using consultants an 'excellent way to waste time and money', says scholar. David Matthews writes
Student accommodationPrivate room serviceA university has transferred the management of its entire student accommodation to a private company under a 125-year agreement. The ?230 million deal will...
A sales tax dividend could be just the ticket for a US sector hit by wave after wave of state cuts, opines Hamid Shirvani
Allowing universities to cherry-pick the scholars they submit for assessment is bad news for transparency, argues Miles Hewstone
Combining funding and regulatory roles is hard, says Roger King. To do it successfully, Hefce must adopt a more autonomous stance
Katharine Reeve on an intriguing exploration of how our physical and virtual identities are merging