Former MD and chairman of a retail business Paul Mills studied geology at Reading University, 1953-56. It was Benjamin Franklin who said that nothing was certain except death and taxes. Today, he...
Science, we are told, is something that every child should and must study. Most hate it, fail to master it and never use it or think about it again after they have left school. It is forced on...
Oxbridge academics do not want a revolution, they just want their freedom, says Anthony Smith It is difficult to understand just what everyone means when they ask whether Oxford University should "go...
Today's students are suffering a mental health crisis. Richard Kadison demands more understanding and action from the universities The number of college students with serious mental health problems...
Pay modernisation for Scottish academics has been given the green light thanks to a record increase in funding for higher education north of the border. Jim Wallace, Scotland's lifelong learning...
A disabled 70-year-old emeritus professor whose 40-year association with Manchester Metropolitan University ended when he was escorted from the campus by police is to be reinstated, the university...
Kim Howells, the new Higher Education Minister, this week insisted that the Government had no "backdoor agenda" to interfere in university admissions and would not fine institutions that missed their...
Caroline Davis assesses the boom in business and management studies. UK business schools seem to have no trouble putting theory into practice for they are thriving in a highly competitive sector....
London's Cass Business School is rising faster up the Financial Times league tables than any other business school worldwide. Since David Currie joined as dean in 2001, Cass has been changing and...
A government announcement of nearly £150 million funding for two "big science" projects has sparked fears that small-scale research may be left out in the cold. Lord Sainsbury, the Science Minister,...
Sperm whales have been revealed as both ruthless predators and gentle socialites in a study that lifts the lid on their hidden underwater world for the first time. Advanced tracking devices have...
The new code of practice for research students could lead to an increase in litigation, universities were warned this week. The code, published last month by the Quality Assurance Agency, sets out...
Small groups of aggrieved students will be prevented from ruining academic reputations under the Government's flagship student satisfaction survey, it was confirmed this week. But by imposing a "...
Imperial College London is to axe at least 60 jobs in agricultural sciences in a move that could lead to it selling off its 350 hectare Wye campus in Kent. The decision to close the agricultural...
Universities should look beyond the image of student unions as political and campaigning bodies and ask them to help prepare undergraduates for the jobs market, academics were told this week. A...