A union representing Irish academics has welcomed a landmark legal decision that removes an incentive for universities to employ staff on fixed-term contracts in a bid to avoid larger redundancy pay-...
United StatesCleared, but Muslim row not overA US academic who posted comments critical of Muslims on a personal Facebook page has been cleared of discrimination by his university. Maurice Eisenstein...
David Matthews reports on ambitious plans to modernise the country's post-Soviet academy
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The developing world's need for higher education, says Martin Bean, can be met by the digital delivery of open educational resources
1994 Group fires shot across bow of admissions service's proposed reforms. Jack Grove reports
The Charity Commission will not automatically block the sale of the College of Law - a deal expected to create a model for the purchase of universities in whole or in part by for-profit private...
Universities and science minister looks to avoid giant leap in student places open to competition in 2013. John Morgan writes
University reputation is the most important factor for academics deciding whether to take jobs in another country - although the small size of European houses is also a consideration for US scholars.
European funder puts faith in 'the cunning of reason'. Paul Jump reports from Brussels
The British Council's Jo Beall tells John Morgan how it can smooth the path to 'transnational education'
The average master's thesis does not rework the 1990 album Fear of a Black Planet by legendary US hip hop group Public Enemy into a modern version about discrimination against Arabs.But for Yassin...
The fifth biennial Sodexo-ߣߣÊÓƵ University Lifestyle Survey is the last to quiz students under the lower tuition fees regime - and it reveals some telling views on the changing...
Twenty years on, post-1992s have proved beyond doubt they are worthy of the university moniker, argues Michael Driscoll
Ruth Deech argues that any attempt by Offa to shape the make-up of the student body is wrong-headed and could fall foul of the law