Marion Roberts, an expert in licensing law and its impact on communities, is worried by this week's decision to extend pub opening hours, as her nightly walk home takes her past several pubs and...
A loss-making spin-off company that Liverpool John Moores University had planned to close at the end of September has instead turned into a vital part of a novel world-spanning astronomy project,...
Academics have been given a sharp reprimand by their vice-chancellor for skiving off graduation ceremonies, writes Jessica Shepherd. Michael Sterling has warned Birmingham University academics that...
Black students are flooding into social science courses but failing to make it into academia, according to new research. A debate has raged over the poor representation of black and ethnic minority...
* Bob Anderson , professor and pro vice-chancellor for research and business development at Sheffield Hallam University, has been appointed chief executive of University Campus Suffolk. * Brian J....
Sir John Sulston has criticised Cambridge's attempts to 'exploit' ideas 'as far as possible'. The university insists change is essential. Jessica Shepherd reports A Nobel prizewinner has attacked...
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All students who undertake any paid employment during term time are putting their degree outcome at risk, according to the most comprehensive study ever undertaken of students' attitudes to debt. The...
The head of the Privy Council has overruled a judgment by the student complaints ombudsman, dealing a blow to the authority of the flagship body less than one year after it was given the powers to...
At least a thousand nursing and other health students are without their bursaries and are struggling to stay on their degree courses as the Department of Health fights to deal with a backlog of cases...
MPs are considering launching an inquiry into the future of the research assessment exercise amid concerns that new universities are treated unfairly. Roberta Blackman-Woods, Labour MP for Durham and...
Academics have voiced concerns about the separation of teaching and research at Keele University as part of a major restructuring exercise to prepare for the next research assessment exercise, writes...
Graduate unemployment has dropped by half a per cent to 6.1 per cent, the latest What Do Graduates Do? report confirmed this week. Architecture, law and civil engineering have the lowest graduate...
The push for researchers to make their papers available free online via open-access journals and repositories could be "disastrous", according to a statement released this week by the Royal Society....
The Universities and Colleges' Employers Association, in conjunction with the seven campus trade unions, has produced a report on employment negotiations. It found that three out of five institutions...