Steven West has spoken out against funding cuts in his new role as the champion of healthcare education. Podiatrist Steven West has hit the ground running in his role as champion of healthcare...
Bolton University has appointed Carole Truman professor of health and community studies. She was previously director of research training in arts and social sciences at Lancaster University. * Helen...
Goldsmiths is looking into the relationship between a controversial therapist and an academic, reports Phil Baty. A leading professor of counselling is being investigated by his university over his...
Students from working-class backgrounds could be put off applying to university because they underestimate their own academic abilities, according to new research, writes Rebecca Attwood. Academics...
She betrayed my father The son of an Auschwitz survivor accuses researcher of abusing source material.
The University and College Union this week launched a "help kit" to advise more than 150,000 academic and related staff on fixed-term or hourly paid contracts on how to secure a full contract....
The number of graduate job vacancies has risen 15.1 per cent since last year to the highest figure since 1995, according to the latest survey by the Association of Graduate Recruiters. The annual AGR...
The University Alliance mission group was formally launched this week to represent the interests of 23 institutions. The group was convened informally last year as the Alliance of Non-Aligned...
Cambridge University is suspending Portuguese as a full language degree from October 2008. The university says it plans to reorganise teaching of the subject "in order to preserve and promote...
As ballot papers went out, just a handful of members came to hear candidates for the UCU's top job, and most were unimpressed. Tony Tysome reports It might have been expected that hustings for the...
Ordinary members of the academic unions were let down by poor tactics and bad planning in last year's pay dispute because senior union officials were too focused on the manoeuvring for power in the...
Imperial College London has marked the launch of its centenary year with a campaign to raise £207 million from philanthropic donations. The university has already raised £123 million, and aims to...
Three Nobel prizewinners are among almost 13,000 academics who have signed a petition urging the European Commission to make publicly funded academic research available free of charge on the web. The...
Welsh further education colleges help 250,000 people a year gain essential qualifications and skills and play a key role in the regional economy, according to a new study. The first detailed survey...
Significant numbers of university websites fail to present clear information about student finance, according to a report by the Office for Fair Access published this week. Some students felt that...