Open learning and new technology are about to smash the structure of the modern university - and higher education is too distracted by its funding problems to notice.Peter Smith, the senior vice-...
Canada, Japan, France and UK are home to just a quarter of forecast prizewinners, writes Paul Jump
David Willetts tells the British Academy that the government values its work. Matthew Reisz reports
The notion that British universities are motivated mainly by money in their enthusiasm for internationalisation is misguided, according to a senior UK academic.Christine Ennew, the pro vice-...
Students at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology found themselves forbidden from using the Facebook social networking website at the start of the new semester as part of a week-long...
Offa chief suggests cash should go to outreach in schools instead, writes Rebecca Attwood
The leadership of the University and College Union is under fire from the Left of the organisation amid accusations that its retreat from a national strike ballot is a "debacle" that demolishes any...
Delight in US, gloom in Europe and scratching of heads in ߣߣÊÓƵ. Phil Baty assesses reactions
Big bursaries are not enticing the poor into elite institutions; targeted outreach may be an answer, says Sir Martin Harris
University research generates ideas and keeps the country competitive - so we must protect its funding, argues Paul Wellings
The politics of the North-South divide gave material for many gritty novels of the 1960s, says Gary Day
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Yes, all of us at The Poppletonian are delighted to announce the publication of the brand-new, completely revised, dramatically improved, extraordinarily more sensitive higher education rankings for...
Global ethics guidelines set out researchers’ duties to be clear and above board, writes Paul Jump
Universities should not be a battlefront but a forum where religion and secularism can be debated without rancour