The University of Leeds' revamped art gallery reopened last week with a new name - the Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery.The gallery has been refurbished and expanded to include new education and...
Higher education review to take the long view to ensure sector keeps pole position, says John Gill
AUSTRALIARECRUITMENT LIMITS MOOTEDWeak departments at ߣߣÊÓƵn universities may be barred from signing up research students under new proposals. A higher education sector working party, involving...
Faculty raise concerns about limits on academic freedom and 'selling prestige'. John Gill reportsThree US universities have signed deals to help a new Saudi Arabian institution design a curriculum...
Public-private initiatives with billions of euros in funding are set to issue first calls for proposals. Zoe Corbyn reports
Arts and Humanities Research CouncilThis round of research grants has been awarded to support high-quality research whose speculative or exploratory nature means that results are uncertain and...
INNOVATION, UNIVERSITIES, SKILLS COMMITTEEMPS SOLICIT VIEWS ON LEITCH REPORTAn inquiry has been launched into the Government's agenda to boost the nation's skills. A committee of MPs will examine...
Queen's University Belfast refused to fly its flag at half-mast this week to mark the funeral of Mairead Farrell, the IRA member and first-year politics student shot dead in Gibraltar by the SAS. Its...
Entry qualification debate rumbles on as minister vaunts new diplomas. Melanie Newman reports
Simon Dietz is keen to add an economist's perspective to the shaping of policy on climate change in his new role at the LSE
Sir Martin Harris, the head of the Office for Fair Access, has been elected president of Clare Hall, Cambridge. Sir Martin, a former vice-chancellor of the universities of Essex and Manchester and a...
Knowledge Transfer Partnership honours sector's innovators and collaborators. John Gill reports
Interactive tools help students most by allowing lecturers to offer them more personal attention, says Jochen Runde
The prospectus's weathered cloisters and flawless cheekbones are alluring, admits John Brinnamoor, but a dash of realism mightn't hurt
Clinton's toughest battle of all is against a collective mindset that ruthlessly limits the roles female politicians may fulfil, says Mary Evans