Four labs face sell-off probe
Research council laboratories that have already undergone a review of their possible privatisation are to be subject to yet another study by the Government. Declaring the findings of the Government's...
Research council laboratories that have already undergone a review of their possible privatisation are to be subject to yet another study by the Government. Declaring the findings of the Government's...
Details of almost Pounds 3 billion of funding allocations for 1996/97 released this week show a revenue increase of 3.4 per cent over last year, according to the Further Education Funding Council....
Belief that academic excellence is a shield for universities' autonomy is clearly wrong, according to Thorsten Nybom, director of the Swedish Council for Studies of 糖心Vlog in Stockholm. "...
The 1993 White Paper Realising Our Potential set the United Kingdom's science and engineering base a new challenge - to maintain world-class excellence in research, while giving increased attention...
The University of Greenwich is refusing demands from a student for a refund of fees despite admissions from senior management that she received a "bad deal". Quality assurance arrangements in its...
(Photograph) - Francis Crick is about to turn 80, but the Nobel laureate is not a man to rest on past glories. In an exclusive interview with Kam Patel on page 15, he describes his latest research...
Labour will look to the Dearing committee to fill in the detail on its plans for higher education funding reform. The plans, formally launched this week, represent a shift from previous Labour party...
An Ivy League of internationally-prestigious British universities offering high class but expensive degree courses could be established if plans drawn up by the Adam Smith Institute to reorganise...
The Association of University Teachers has abandoned its historic policy of support for a return to full state-funded grants for all students. But AUT delegates at last week's annual conference said...
Stafford College student Andrew MacCallum puts the finishing touches to his life-sized model of the first Earl of Stafford.16 April 2009: update by Andrew MacCallum"Since my college days in Stafford...
Student Kathleen Kaminski, under the watchful eye of Frederick's restaurant's head chef Andy Jeffs, sees how second chef Garritt Byrne puts the finishing touches to starters for a meal celebrating...
Almost seven out of ten Scots believe student loans make it less likely that young people will go on to higher education, according to a poll commissioned by the Educational Institute of Scotland....
In a thinly veiled attack on inter-union rivalry, the general secretary of the Association of University Teachers has called for the creation of a royal college to represent education professionals....
Natfhe has claimed that an agreement between the AUT and the Association of University and College Lecturers will damage moves towards collaboration. The AUCL, which has nearly 3,000 members in the...
Southampton Institute director David Leyland is suing a local newspaper for libel after two weeks of bad publicity surrounding the institute's overseas franchise operation and restructuring programme...