One-to-one assistance from a personal tutor is part of the education experience for more and more students - but at what cost? Amy Binns reports Alpha Tutors, one of the UK's leading private tuition...
As the battle for the 2008 US presidential election heats up, suddenly everyone wants to pour money into higher education. Jon Marcus explains. Hats, T-shirts, coffee mugs and other paraphernalia...
A long-running row between a controversial US academic and his university employer has ended with him agreeing to resign. Norman Finkelstein, who has alleged that Israel accused those who opposed its...
Further evidence linking higher education with health benefits has emerged in a US study. Research by the American Cancer Society found that black men who had higher education were half as likely to...
An Australian academic is fighting for justice for tens of thousands of people who worked unpaid on cattle stations until the 1960s. Sydney University law lecturer Thalia Anthony is leading a...
A US university has received a donation of more than £56 million, the largest in its history. The University of California, Berkeley was given the money by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation....
The grey whale population may not have recovered from the effects of hunting as well as previously thought, according to a study. The research from Stanford and Washington universities in the US...
Indian academics are to have their pay and conditions reviewed. The Government's University Grants Committee has appointed a panel to review pay scales and look at whether earlier recommendations on...
Five higher education bodies from around the world have signed an agreement to strengthen graduate education. At the first global graduate education conference in Banff, Canada, the Council of...
The University of Michigan Press has resumed distribution of a British book that calls the creation of Israel a mistake and has prompted several pro Israel groups to denounce it as "hate speech"....
When we think of universities taking discoveries into the wider world, software, medical discoveries and machinery are the sort of products that spring to mind, while goats tend not to figure. But...
A few simple fixes, says Ian Marshall, and e-mail and the internet can be transformed from curse into blessing As a recent meeting with a colleague progressed, I noticed that he was becoming...
The shadow education team showed little unrest at last Sunday's Liberal Democrat conference, but Peep has heard not everyone is entirely delighted. After Labour's reshuffle, Sarah Teather, the...
Engineers are doing what they can to quash the stereotype that they are dull and boring The engineering subject centre, part of the ÌÇÐÄVlog Academy's network, includes a community section...
New Universities Secretary John Denham could develop a sore throat if he engages in the amount of "discussion" with the sector he claims to want. His first major speech on higher education was...