Lord Sainsbury will be part of a new task force launched to investigate ways to turn more university research into viable businesses. Over the next 12 months the new task force, set up by the Council...
A group of academics and students has launched a drive for an “alternative” higher education White Paper in response to what they describe as the “sweeping, ill-considered reforms” set out in the...
Academics at the University of Leeds have passed a motion of no confidence in David Willetts.
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A fifth member of the University of Abertay Dundee's governing court has resigned following the suspension of the institution's principal in February.Bob Doak, a director at WL Gore, which...
Five high-flying schools sent more students to Oxbridge in a three-year period than 2,000 other UK schools and colleges combined, a report by the Sutton Trust has revealed.
Donald MacRaild is impressed by a new spin on British imperialism, seen through the eyes of siblings
Jane O'Grady is partially seduced by a provocative polemic that offers contrasting notions of ardour
No one who witnessed the recent ceremony to beatify the late Pope John Paul II - when his exhumed coffin lay before the altar of St Peter's, while a vial of his blood was displayed in an elaborate...
Alex Danchev discovers what can be learned about communities from their reactions to artworks
London-born Ernest George (1839-1922) was one of the most interesting, yet in recent years one of the most undersung, architects of his time. From 1856 to 1860 he was articled to Samuel Hewitt, and...
This book asks whether the move to a mass higher education system in the US has delivered on its promise and addressed some of the country's underlying social inequalities, including those related to...
Digital archives must balance outreach, financial viability and scholarship, Matthew Reisz hears
Central St Martins is preparing both itself and its students for the future, its head tells Matthew Reisz
It is the "whining season": a time of year when academics give up their evenings, weekends and any hope of restful free time to mark papers - only to find their efforts undervalued by managers and...