The Association of University Teachers could be left to fight alone for a better pay deal as public-sector union Unison joined the Transport and General Workers Union in accepting a pay offer this...
A senior business adviser has questioned whether universities are doing enough to exploit their links with the private sector. Colin Horwath, a senior partner at corporate services company KPMG, told...
Join us for a spin... ...on the road to success with the legendary University of the M25. Our new column gives the good news about campus life. It's fast, it's fun, it's the future - and it doesn't...
Lecturers' union Natfhe has voted to accept a two-year pay deal from further education college employers, consisting of a 3 per cent rise backdated to August and a 0.5 per cent increase backdated to...
The four surviving women's colleges in Oxford and Cambridge must be protected from admitting men, according to a campaign launched by female students this week. The governing body at St Hilda's...
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is awarding almost £23 million to universities for research into greener urban living. The council is keen to fund major consortia involving...
A network of science learning centres has been announced by the Department for Education and Science and the Wellcome Trust. They will offer courses and facilities to school teachers and other...
Foundation Degree Forward is to conduct a survey of further education colleges to find out how many want an independent validation service for foundation degrees. FDF's management board, which met...
Cambridge, Cranfield, Durham, Loughborough, Nottingham and Oxford universities, Imperial College London and Queen's University Belfast are to share £17.3 million in government funding for civil...
Health academics are worried that the National Health Service University could drive them out of higher education. Delegates at a health educators' conference hosted by lecturers' union Natfhe...
Medical students warned the government last week that it was not doing enough to widen participation in medicine, and suggested that top-up fees would make the situation worse, writes Anna...
If the trials and tribulations of TV soap-opera characters such as Dirty Den or Ken Barlow make you wish you could rewrite the plot, students at De Montfort University may have the answer. Students...
Students who mentor disadvantaged young people frequently suffer demoralisation, loss of confidence and feelings of personal failure as a result, research shows. Mentoring is promoted in many of the...
Researchers are to get access to more than 100 years of filmed news coverage thanks to a £10 million deal with ITN. The deal, brokered by the Joint Information Systems Committee and the British...
Musicians at De Montfort University are jubilant after signing a research and academic exchange agreement with the Sorbonne in Paris, writes Tony Tysome. The link will bring together the prestigious...