Scientists developing sustainable sources of energy and future energy technologies have celebrated the opening of their new headquarters. The Energy Futures Lab is Imperial College London's hub for...
Can you tell the difference between a mini-masterpiece and a scruffy scrawl? If so, you could bag yourself a priceless work of art for just £40 at the one-day RCA Secret, an event due to be held by...
This vast 50-tonne steam hammer, once used to reshape steel bolts, was built in Bolton in 1917, and remained in active service at the Atlas Forge, opposite what is now the University of Bolton's...
University Alliance forms group for policy experts assisting vice-chancellors. Hannah Fearn reportsThey are often accused of playing politics, but now vice-chancellors are behaving more like MPs than...
Arab nation aims to light a beacon for education at the third Festival of Thinkers. Matthew Reisz reports
United StatesMillion-dollar men and womenThe highest-paid private university president in the US received a pay package worth more than $1.5 million (£900,000) in 2007-08. The Chronicle of Higher...
Rise of casual labour in the academy is dangerous, conference hears. Phil Baty reports from Shanghai
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCILAward winner: N.J.K. HowdenInstitution: Cranfield UniversityValue: £93,529Modelling water-quality response to climate and large-scale land-use change using the...
Tackling both the theory and practice of love, Barbara Bloomfield says you have to be proactive to find the right person
A new pro vice-chancellor has been appointed at the University of Bath. Bernard Morley, currently director of the Graduate School of Life Sciences and Medicine at Imperial College London, will take...
The Home Secretary's decision to sack David Nutt for his remarks about cannabis was misjudged, insists Lord Krebs
While its aim to widen access is welcome, the strategy document Higher Ambitions is based on a fallacy, says Vernon Bogdanor
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Students' laziness could be laid bare by a new system for recording their achievements at university, it has been claimed. Vice-chancellors met last week to discuss progress in the trial of the...
Some universities have implemented salary rises despite the lack of a pay deal. John Morgan writes