Letters written by Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell have been acquired by the University of Manchester's John Rylands University Library. The correspondence, which amounts to hundreds of letters...
Sixty academics on fixed-term contracts at Swansea University face a jobless New Year when European funding for their posts runs out on 31 December. Some 130 staff have been funded by the "Objective...
A sustainability project conducted by the University of East Anglia appears to have changed the way local residents travel. This summer, staff at East Anglia asked 250 households to carry out a...
A businessman has donated "a substantial six-figure sum" to help create an "enterprise zone" in the University of Stirling library. The donation is from Jim McColl, chairman and chief executive of...
New classrooms designed to "break down the barriers between students and lecturers" have opened at the University of Lincoln. In 17 rooms on the university's Brayford Pool campus, rows of desks have...
A university is to use a ballet company's tour of China to raise its profile in a country that sends 50,000 students a year to the UK. The University of Birmingham is sending representatives on the...
Aberystwyth University and Bangor University are joining forces to establish a new centre for teacher education. One of three national centres, it will train primary and secondary teachers from 2010...
V-cs in 'state of denial' about quality of internal communications, survey reveals. John Gill reports
The University of Gloucestershire's Oxstalls Campus is built on the site of a former domestic science college just five minutes' drive from Gloucester. Set in mature parkland, it looks out over the...
Funding council says more efficient use of estate could save £500m a year. John Gill reports
At least four out of the six colleges that make up the University of Wales are likely to rebel against plans to boost the university's central powers. The largest, the new University of Wales College...
Dumbing downAppeal falls on deaf earsAn academic discussion group set up to examine "dumbing down" in academia appeared this week to be facing the threat of closure because of a lack of interest. The...
Britain must offer moral and financial support, says rector of exiled Belarus university. John Gill reports
ChinaPeking kicks off fundraising driveA leading Chinese university has launched a major "US-style" fundraising campaign to augment its state funding. Peking University has set up a development...
Liliana Hiris has been named Romania's first honorary consul in Scotland for her work to improve her homeland's image