Colin Pillinger, the Open University scientist who led Beagle 2 , the UK's failed mission to Mars, defended himself against a fresh rain of blows from the European Space Agency this week, writes Anna...
Research funding at the Wellcome Trust, hit hard by stock market losses in recent years, is set to remain stable for the next few years, the organisation's new director of science funding has told...
In just six months, Parliament has approved fundamental changes to English higher education that, depending on the view taken, will save or doom universities and students. Many in the sector find it...
Students hoping to land the highest paid jobs after graduation should study subjects based on numbers rather than words, suggests an analysis of graduate salaries published this week. Graduates of...
Nottingham There has been a "step change" in top academic salaries at Nottingham University, partly in response to the recruitment market becoming increasingly competitive, according to Keith Jones,...
Groundbreaking research that suggests that our response to stressful situations such as divorce or losing a job is written in our genes has landed Terrie Moffitt a British Academy fellowship....
Lap-dancing clubs could start targeting a female audience as a result of moves to unionise erotic dancers in the UK, a Stirling University industrial relations expert predicts. Gregor Gall told the...
Awarding body Edexcel has been forced to abandon plans to offer almost 100 foundation degree courses from September, after The Times Higher 's report that the proposed courses would breach academic...
Recruiting underqualified candidates to inappropriate courses is the main reason students drop out of university and college, according to research published this week. In interviews with more than...
Universities must continue to safeguard the quality and standards of higher education courses delivered by further education colleges, Alan Johnson, the Higher Education Minister, said this week....
Glasgow University researchers are promoting the benefits of a regular fitness regime - by developing aqua-aerobics for fish. Studies of fish in tanks suggest that if currents are increased to boost...
The Mayor of London and one of the Government's most promising ministers have rounded on Middlesex University for abandoning plans to set up a new campus in the capital while pressing ahead with a...
A Monash University student from China who brought several guns into a commerce tutorial 18 months ago and killed two students, wounded four others and shot his lecturer was last month found not...
A $9 million (£4.9 million) teaching hospital is to be built over the next four years in Qatar's "Education City" - a cluster of educational and research facilities. The Qatar Foundation announced an...
Charles University student Michal Bobek will be the first Jenkins Scholar at Oxford University, studying for the Bachelor of civil law in 2004-06. The award was founded as a memorial to the late Roy...