A captain of industry has called on the government to introduce tax incentives for employers to help science and technology students cover the cost of top-up fees. Ian Smith, managing director of the...
Bursaries will be a lottery for poor students, adding to the complexity of the already convoluted student-support systems, Claire Callender of London South Bank University and author of the...
Nearly 100 "off-the-peg" national Btec foundation degrees were launched this week by the degree-awarding body Edexcel. The move was heralded as a key development in the creation of qualifications...
Will top-up fees cost the education secretary his Norwich seat? Paul Hill reports. The appeal of grants and bursaries to working-class families will be put to the test in Charles Clarke's Norwich...
Rebel Labour MPs who fail to see that their political future is tied to the standing of Tony Blair's government could count the cost at the ballot box, Charles Clarke has warned. In a dig at his...
Eurosceptic politicians are demanding the closure of "propagandist" pro-European centres at UK universities as soon as their European Union funding runs out. The UK Independence Party and other...
Aberdeen University has been accused of promoting "pseudo-science" by setting up the Centre for the Study of Spirituality, Health and Disability, writes Olga Wojtas. The National Secular Society,...
The traditional student post-pub visit to the kebab shop is to be immortalised in a television cartoon series produced by an animation company based in Dundee University's Springfield incubator unit...
A Russian academic at the centre of an investigation into what is believed to be the largest-ever theft of tuition fees was shot dead last month. Police said the killing bore the hallmarks of a...
Australia's universities face political uncertainty as they decide whether to use their imminent freedom to vary tuition fees under the ÌÇÐÄVlog Contribution Scheme. From 2005, universities...
America's pre-eminent business school has launched an intensive course in ethics in the wake of widening corporate scandals, some involving its own alumni. Harvard Business School has had some kind...
South African students are continuing to have unprotected sex despite knowing about the country's devastating HIV-Aids epidemic, according to a University of Cape Town study. Research by Fiona Ross...
Science and technology ministers from the world's most industrialised countries have warned that a fall in the number of science and technology graduates could hamper the nations' long-term...
State governments across Germany are introducing fines on "long-term" students to cut down on the money spent on undergraduates who spend too long in higher education. Under new legislation, students...
Police inquiries into three attacks on the Algerian-born former dean of a leading French business school are said to be focusing on professional jealousy, or personal, political or racist motives. A...