Investment in higher education in the UK as a share of national wealth dropped further behind the average among industrialised countries even before the current funding reforms, according to an...
Northern Ireland has become the latest of the devolved nations to announce that its universities will charge “rest-of-UK” students up to £9,000 a year – a move that will subsidise lower fees for the...
This year’s rankings will also include a list of the 200 institutions just outside the top 200 – not ranked – but for interest and transparency. Phil Baty reports
A university at the centre of a medical research scandal is being sued by two cancer patients and the families of six deceased patients.
By Elizabeth Murphy, for Inside Higher Ed
Young people are more concerned about tuition fees and debt when thinking about university than they are about employment prospects, a new survey suggests.
Student and academic entrepreneurs need more support in universities because the UK is lagging behind other nations, a conference heard.
The University of St Andrews has joined the University of Edinburgh in offering the most expensive undergraduate courses in the UK for English, Welsh and Northern Irish students.
Tuition fees for Northern Irish students wanting to study in the Province will be maintained at close to current levels and institutional budgets will be protected by a £40 million investment, the...
Around a dozen universities in England are considering lowering their tuition fees for 2012-13 in light of the government’s proposals to hive off some places to institutions charging less than £7,500...
Exeter looks to add value for £9K 'customers', but council members are sceptical. John Morgan writes
Employees of students' unions are to see their final-salary pension scheme closed in a move affecting about 1,000 staff at 69 universities across the UK.
Bath Spa's new vice-chancellor plans to expand through internationalisation. Simon Baker reports
United StatesUniversity seeks to release recordLawyers for a US university are seeking authorisation to release the employment records of a former assistant professor who shot dead a graduate student...
London Met plans to slash its estate to save money and raise cash from what's left. John Morgan writes