The University of Lincoln has called off an election for a new staff representative for its governing body because one candidate was endorsed by the lecturers' trade union.The vacancy arose when...
Crowing about Hesa results gets GuildHE into a spat with Million+, reports Hannah Fearn
Number 10 Downing Street has warned the Department of Education and Science of the dangers to the future status of institutions which lose both "core sciences" - physics and chemistry - now under...
Computing undergraduatesFall in numbers threatens UKThe decline in the number of undergraduates studying computing is threatening the UK's position in the world economy, according to a report from...
Following the demise of the Net Book Agreement, bookshop shelves are full of TV tie-ins and empty of scholarly work, says Martin Cohen
Hundreds of would-be church ministers will have to study two-year foundation degrees instead of their traditional diplomas as a result of the Government's decision to cut funding for students...
Therapeutic education damages acquisition of knowledge, say authors. Melanie Newman reports
Students in the University of Hull's psychology department are to undergo psychometric testing in an effort to measure their "mental toughness" and to improve how they manage stress. The testing will...
- Plans by Imperial College London to introduce its own entrance exam sparked a flurry of headlines. Sir Richard Sykes, rector of Imperial, told the Independent Schools Council's annual conference in...
There may be something in the water at Royal Holloway, University of London. The same institution that provided the Higher Education Funding Council for England with its last research policy chief is...
Academics who are sole entrants in their category admit to feeling the pressure. Zoe Corbyn reports
Requiring universities' admissions policies to be part of a statutory agreement with the Office for Fair Access would be "difficult and perhaps even illegal", the organisation's head has warned.John...
Data provided by Thomson Scientific from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1997–31 October 2007
An increasing number of people in the UK are choosing to have cosmetic surgery. This is having an impact on the workplace, often putting employers into unknown territory when an employee asks for...