The academic high-flier She's captain of the hockey team and a school prefect and has probably done some charity or voluntary work. She's ambitious and organised and has her heart set on a university...
Baroness Blatch, former Education Minister under John Major's premiership and Tory spokeswoman on schools and universities in the House of Lords since 2000, has died aged 67. The baroness, who took...
The Office for Fair Access has extended the deadline for universities and colleges to submit access agreements for 2007 onwards. The submission date has been extended from September 2005 to January...
Swansea University was last week given the power to award its own degrees. The Privy Council granted the university teaching and research degree-awarding powers, which means that Swansea could...
Hull and York universities bid for a new dental school last week. The joint bid followed the Government's announcement last July that it wanted to increase the number of dental training places in...
A ballot on whether to condemn Pope Benedict XVI for his views on homosexuality may be held at a National Union of Students conference this weekend. The union's Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual conference...
The University Vocational Awards Council has relaunched its website. It now includes the council's responses to white papers and consultations, policy statements, publications to download and details...
Moves by American online search company Google to create a virtual library of 15 million rare and historic books have become mired in copyright law. While Google staff are due to arrive at Oxford...
The Arts and Humanities Research Council has announced funding of just under £1 million for 12 projects to improve the use of computer technology in the arts and humanities, writes Martyn Bull. "The...
Historian Richard Beacham is using cutting-edge 3D virtual models of archaeological sites to bring history to life. The Warwick University 3D Visualisation unit led by Professor Beacham is at the...
Gerry McKenna has relinquished his position as vice-chancellor of Ulster University after an investigation into complaints about his "conduct and capability" - but his appointment to a new role of "...
Oxford University should cherish its distinctive democratic, collaborative and collegiate ethos, according to academics and students. Plans by John Hood, the vice-chancellor, to revitalise the...
Consulting staff and students is key to the success of university rebranding exercises, a conference has heard. Rosemary Stamp, group brand director for education for marketing consultants Euro RSCG...
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has launched an inquiry into the "dumbing down" of standards at De Montfort University after revelations in The Times Higher . In March, this newspaper reported that...
The chart-topping Crazy Frog ringtone that has half the country hopping mad is evidence of a big shift in teenagers' spending patterns, say sociologists at Birmingham University. As Jamstar's Crazy...