A record annual operating profit of £7.2 million has been posted by the University of Derby. The figures represent a £4.5 million increase on last year's figure. The university hailed the results as...
A reference guide that aims to help book lovers discover new authors by recommending 12 alternatives for each of almost 2,000 fiction writers has just appeared in its sixth edition. "Who Else Writes...
A group of international universities working on delivering the energy of the future now have their second European member, Heriot-Watt University. It joins Imperial College London and 15 other...
Higher education institutions are not generally noted for the their fine cuisine, but the roast saddle of lamb at Aberystwyth University features in the 2008-09 True Taste Wales Food & Drink...
The award-winning architecture surrounding students at the University of Essex has been recognised in the Colchester 2020 and 2008 Riba Architectural Awards. The Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall was named...
A multi-million-pound centre to lead research into vehicle-condition monitoring for aircraft, ships, high-speed trains and high-performance cars has been opened at Cranfield University. The...
The first large-scale national survey of how the Holocaust is taught in English secondary schools has been launched by Stuart Foster, reader in history in education and director of the project at the...
A new £2.7 million cancer research centre is to be set up at the University of Leeds. The Pre-Cancer Genomics Centre, which is funded by the charity Yorkshire Cancer Research, will help to seek out...
A symposium to celebrate businesses working with universities in the South West was held last week in Bristol. The day showcased the practical ways in which businesses have benefited from harnessing...
Members' benefits may be cut because of the current credit crunch. Rebecca Attwood reports
The Brayford Campus at the University of Lincoln was built on derelict railway sidings and opened by the Queen in 1996. It was the first new city-centre university campus in the UK for 25 years. When...
Concern as new '.edu' website lists non-existent individuals and departments. Zoe Corbyn reports
The student grants system will have withered away by the year 2007, according to figures published this week by the National Union of Students (NUS). The prediction follows last week's government...
Research and developmentMind the funding gapA lack of investment in research and development has left the UK's higher education sector lagging behind those of the US and other competitors, according...
Frank Furedi on the assumptions, agendas and distinctly iffy data behind those ubiquitous words, 'research shows'