Employers 'don't want more skills'
Employer-friendly initiatives fail to win over business sector, The THES reports Policy-makers have been expanding the education system to meet the needs of an anticipated knowledge-driven economy...
Employer-friendly initiatives fail to win over business sector, The THES reports Policy-makers have been expanding the education system to meet the needs of an anticipated knowledge-driven economy...
Employer-friendly initiatives fail to win over business sector, The THES reports Adopting a "confederacy" model of higher education, where institutions work together and share staff and students...
Glasgow University physics graduate Sir Muir Russell has this week returned to his alma mater as principal after more than 30 years in the civil service. Some eyebrows were raised at this career...
Cambridge University's new vice-chancellor told dons this week that the institution must move forward, and committed herself to building trust between the academic staff and the central...
Is the British Academy awards process biased? Phil Baty delves into the data Male academics working in elite universities appear to have a stranglehold on awards made by the British Academy, fuelling...
Employers are confused about the intended role and purpose of foundation degrees, a national survey has found. Many employers believe the term "foundation" implies a general base of knowledge and...
Law students face debts of about £40,000 by the time they start work, according to a research report for the UK Centre for Legal Education. The Law Student 2000 Project looks at the debt, part-time...
King's College London is considering merging its threatened chemistry department with another London institution, according to internal documents seen by The THES . The future of the department has...
The careers advisory service of the University of Manchester and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology has been voted the best in the country by employers for the second...
Liverpool John Moores University was accused this week of "smearing" a former employee who had raised concerns about quality in its journalism department. Adrian Quinn claimed that the university...
A team of British stargazers has shown biologists a new way to analyse DNA that could revolutionise genetic research and ultimately medical diagnostics. An advance developed to study light from...
Drivers who transport animals are to receive advice on how to avoid shaking sheep in a training video made by researchers at Edinburgh University and the Roslin Institute, which created Dolly, the...
City University has poached two leading academics from South Bank University to join its new centre for charity effectiveness. Paul Palmer, former head of South Bank's centre for charity and trust...
Academic flexibility is taking a new twist as a team of scientists gets ready to work with choreographer Wayne McGregor in a scheme that brings together science and art. The £30,000...
Many new undergraduates were victims of accommodation shortages this autumn, with hundreds having to take rooms in hotels, according to the National Union of Students. Almost 200 Liverpool students...