The move to a mass higher education system is justified by the key role universities play in promoting a civilised society as well as by their economic benefits, Sir Howard Newby said this week. In a...
Fresh from the furore over Bristol University's admissions policy, author and academic Paul O'Prey is set to write a new chapter in Roehampton's history. Dr O'Prey, 47, is leaving his post as...
* Noel Lloyd , registrar and secretary of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, will succeed Derec Llwyd Morgan as vice-chancellor from September 1. The university's commercial and consultancy...
Plans for the biggest shake-up of academic careers for 40 years received the green light this week. The reforms will pave the way for a single new pay spine before 2006, encompassing all university...
The nightmare of being eaten alive by biting insects may become just a bad memory now that scientists have isolated the body chemicals that protect a small percentage of the human population from the...
Two veterinary schools this week joined the growing band of institutions setting their own entry tests for students. The move, by Bristol University's Veterinary School and the Royal Veterinary...
ADMISSION IMPOSSIBLE? A Schwartz 'n' all look at guaranteeing fairness in university entry Also Howard Davies reviews the economics and influence of Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel laureate Books focus:...
The pressures and workloads facing managers of further education colleges are akin to those of top football club managers, but without the same financial rewards, says a further education leader. The...
Mike Riley last year gave up the stresses and strains of being a college manager to become a professional international football referee. He confirms that although he enjoyed his seven years...
Course closures and falling student numbers in area studies are threatening UK national interests around the world, according to Sir Harold Walker, chairman of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs and...
Five Arabist graduates from Durham University's Institute of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies are in Iraq translating for the Ministry of Defence. But the institute is to become a graduate school...
It is the research that couch potatoes have been waiting for - irregular bouts of strenuous exercise can seriously damage your health. Gareth Davison and Ciara Hughes of Ulster University's School of...
Phil Baty reports from the AUT's annual conference in Scarborough A football-style transfer market of "superstar" academics is damaging university research by creating a lower league of underpaid and...
Phil Baty reports from the AUT's annual conference in Scarborough A single higher education super-union should be created through a merger between lecturers' union Natfhe and the Association of...
Edinburgh University is seeking landladies and landlords willing to act as friendly parental figures to its students. It is hoping that responsible landladies and landlords will be prepared to act as...