The days of the "donnish dominion" are over and university administration is perhaps the key profession in higher education.This is the view of Sir Peter Scott, vice-chancellor of Kingston University...
Not long ago, universities were clamouring to set up complementary medicine courses, but now it seems they cannot offload them quickly enough.The universities of Westminster and Central Lancashire...
Three new priorities and an unceasing drive for practical research announced. Zoë Corbyn reports
Four modern universities receive postgraduate cash as Oxbridge dominates, writes Zoë Corbyn
The mantra that universities must focus on "distinctiveness" and "difference" to survive in an increasingly competitive market may have to be watered down, because collaboration and rationalisation...
Funder advises against 'rewarding' failure and confidentiality clauses, writes Melanie Newman
USS suffered in 2008 but board refuses to divulge current figure. Rebecca Attwood reports
Employers declined to make a pay offer at the campus trade unions' first joint remuneration meeting.In a joint statement with other unions, the University and College Union said it was "amazed" that...
Gary Day enjoys Marcus du Sautoy's mathematical fervour but finds tragedy and tears in the East End
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Dr Julia Persimmon of our biology department shows that "spring" is indeed in the air. Julia, who is currently researching modes of quantifying the integration of quorum-sensing signals with single-...
Tutorials are vital for a quality learning experience, writes Tim Birkhead
David Abulafia maps out the pleasures and pains of travelling, from odysseys off the beaten track to bumpy journeys and egg sandwiches that recall aviation's pioneering days
The Government wants to dictate the trajectory of research and the funding bodies are complicit. This must stop, says Thomas Docherty
It is said that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Actually, I think a total lack of knowledge is dangerous: a little, after all, must be better than none.Non-vocational arts degrees teach in...