Ever since the time of Aristotle, wine has played a supporting role in many academic discoveries. But one Brighton venue felt that scientists were not doing enough to uphold a noble tradition, writes...
A Sutton Trust report says all staff must seek alumni contributions to raise endowments to US levels, writes Jessica Shepherd Academics must rethink their attitude towards university fundraising if...
University marketing teams trying to attract international students should seek inspiration from ice-cream flavoured postage stamps, crystal-encrusted fridges and free coffee samples. This message...
The number of 2005 graduates in work six months after graduation was lower than for the previous year, figures show. Information technology graduates fared worst, with 10.3 per cent of them...
The late Nobel laureate Joseph Rotblat's internationally significant collection of books, journals and pamphlets on nuclear science and social responsibility has been handed to Bradford University....
Durham University has signed a two-year green electricity contract with the energy company npower business to supply electricity to all 240 buildings on the university estate. For every kilowatt of "...
We are living in a golden age of numbers, with a new world of opportunities created by theoretical and applied maths. Chloe Stothart figures out why being a mathematician today really counts. "There...
Universities face pressure to support the Government's latest bid to widen participation, reports Claire Sanders. Universities are being urged to support a diploma for 14-to-19-year olds that could...
Liberal Democrats leapt on last week's pre-budget announcement that students will be able to volunteer in return for a reduction in tuition fees as a "gimmick" for the few, writes Claire Sanders. "...
University College London has decided that all its undergraduates must have a foreign language GCSE. The decision, agreed by UCL's academic committee this week, will be introduced gradually, with the...
English universities are to have a new uniform framework governing the academic "credit" students earn towards their degrees, making it easier to transfer between courses, study part time and...
UUK tells Chancellor not to cut cash if he wants results, Claire Sanders reports. Vice-chancellors have warned Chancellor Gordon Brown not to rock the boat if he wants universities to keep on...
Chancellor Gordon Brown has dropped plans for a single unified fund for UK health research, as exclusively predicted by The Times Higher last month. In his Pre-Budget Speech last week, the Chancellor...
The world's fourth most widely spoken language is about to be overtaken. Nick Holdsworth reports Languages, institutions, students and academics face threats in Eastern Europe Viktor Sadovnichy,...
The dismissal of two ethnic-Hungarian lecturers from the Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj (Romania) has prompted a high-level response from the Hungarian Government. They were dismissed for putting up...