Mark Shucksmith will help communities 'imagine their futures' as he leads a group examining Highland life As a rural sociologist, Mark Shucksmith is perhaps uniquely suited for his new role as chair...
* Carole Truman has been made professor of health and community studies at Bolton University. She was previously director of research training in arts and social sciences at Lancaster University. *...
University is attacked over plan to boost number of firsts in a bid to move up the league tables. Phil Baty reports Bangor University was accused this week of lowering its academic standards with a...
An upsurge in "lads mag"-style events on campus and racy pictures on student websites has raised concerns among academic and student union leaders. Members of the University and College Union have...
A touch-up job: Andrew Cranny of the School of Electronics and Computer Science at Southampton University fine-tunes a prototype of the 'Remedi-Hand'. The prosthetic, which not only mimics the...
International students too often do not have the English language skills to cope with the challenges of studying in the UK, the Society for Research into Higher Education conference heard last week....
The Government's public spending watchdog has criticised the Department for Education and Skills for failing to collect reliable data to prove it is meeting its policy targets. The National Audit...
Leeds Metropolitan University has appointed Anne Gregory, director of the university's Centre for Public Relations Studies, pro vice-chancellor. Professor Gregory, the UK's only full-time professor...
A new academic alliance between Kingston University, Royal Holloway, University of London, and St George's, University of London, was launched this week in a move to boost provision of higher...
A Cambridge University engineering graduate has donated more than £2 million to endow a post in solid mechanics. David Hibbitt set up engineering business ABAQUS Inc. in the US after graduating.
Seven universities shared £31 million under the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council's science and innovation awards this week. The winners of the awards, which were jointly funded by...
Education committee will focus on governance of elite, write Jessica Shepherd and Jamie Munk The way Oxford, Cambridge and the UK's other top universities are run will be a key element of the...
Staffing costs and waning overseas interest contribute to gloomy forecast. Anthea Lipsett reports The university sector is set to plunge into a deficit of almost £70 million, according to analysis...
The £3,000 cap on tuition fees should be raised, according to a think-tank, which this week reported that funding arrangements for English universities are "among the most progressive in the world",...
Higher education in Yorkshire is set for a dynamic shift in leadership with the announcement this week of three new vice-chancellors at Bradford, Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam universities, writes...