Pressure from Oxford University dons has led to a strengthened role for colleges in a reformed system of governance. The planned reforms of the joint working party on governance, designed to create a...
Funding chiefs have been urged to pour millions of pounds into helping universities reach out to under-represented groups, following a new report that warns that institutions have cut back on such...
(Photograph) - Big wig: Sir Bernard Ingham took on the role of the Speaker in a debate staged by the Association of University Administrators at Granada studios' mock House of Commons in Manchester...
A radical shake-up of post-16 education, welcomed by ministers this week, is to be one of the first proposals the Welsh Assembly considers. The plan could pave the way for reform in England, writes...
Scotland's two main higher education unions are set to clash over the role of the Scottish Parliament at this month's annual Scottish Trades Union Congress. The Association of University Teachers...
* The EIS this week unveiled its manifesto for the Scottish Parliament, calling for a "total review" of funding for further and higher education students. It also calls for an immediate injection of...
"Rich kid" students who can afford to study away from home have better job prospects than their poorer counterparts, two Newcastle University economists have found. Tuition fees and other financial...
* Ministers' reforms to broaden A levels will not help students in the workplace or at university, the conference heard. But a maths A level could add 10 per cent to a graduate salary. Research by...
Universities, medical schools and National Health Service trusts should work more closely together, a Nuffield Trust report says. John Wyn Owen, secretary of the Nuffield Trust, said that moves in...
* A first assessment of the 21 bids from universities keen to expand or start new medical schools is underway. The joint implementation group - which will decide how to distribute the 1,000 extra...
A survey of 220 students at Newcastle University has uncovered widespread opposition to the semesterised academic year. The survey organisers, the students' Courier newspaper, argue that students...
Scotland's only Roman Catholic education college merged yesterday with Glasgow University to create a new faculty of education. Mergers are often seen as an attempt by an ailing institution to seek...
The National Health Service is introducing clinical governance as part of its drive to improve patient care. Julia Hinde reports on what this change will mean for academics This week, some 16 months...
Students are suffering from a climate of "chaos" at the University of East London's communications studies department, according to an "unofficial" newsletter. The anonymous author last month set up...
A senior lecturer was unfairly sacked for complaining about inaccuracies in his colleague's books, a tribunal was due to hear this week. As Whistleblowers revealed last November, Rob Slack, a senior...