An Oxford University student sent to China last week on an all-expenses-paid lecturing trip arrived to find that the Beijing institution had mistaken him for a US professor with the same name....
Oxford University's £60 million chemistry research laboratory, opened by the Queen this week, has been financed by a unique deal with a city firm. A third of the funding for the building has come...
Income from new inventions and business collaborations is soaring in UK universities, a survey has shown. The third annual survey of higher education business links, carried out by the Higher...
UK universities charge international students the highest fees in the Commonwealth - almost 50 per cent more than rival institutions in ߣߣÊÓƵ and New Zealand. The survey of 180 institutions...
Scottish universities are seeking guarantees of extra government funds to help them stay competitive as England anticipates extra cash through top-up fees. Jim Wallace, Scotland's minister for...
Apathy has sunk to a new low at Glasgow University, where students have failed to nominate anyone for the post of rector, their representative on the university court, writes Olga Wojtas. The court...
Maintenance grants for Welsh students should be "significantly higher" than those proposed in England, according to the academic who is leading a review of higher education funding and student...
Students from deprived backgrounds struggle to find jobs, Alison Utley reports Growing numbers of students from deprived backgrounds struggling to enter higher education are likely to find themselves...
The National Health Service University has announced that Warwick University will be its principal academic partner as it aims to transform health and social care education and win university status...
The struggle to balance work and family is the main challenge faced by female scientists and engineers in academe, according to a study presented to the annual meeting of the American Association for...
A Nottingham University musicologist has uncovered the colourful life of a "hellraiser" composer from a famous Methodist family whose genius has only recently gained recognition. Samuel Wesley, whose...
The recently appointed head of one of Cambridge University's most prestigious colleges has called on the government to provide more funding for part-time students and the institutions that cater for...
Almost 1,500 German students and graduates are studying in former Soviet Union and former Warsaw Pact countries about to join the European Union under a E2.5 million (£1.7 million) initiative by the...
The University of Babylon and the Slovene-run child welfare organisation Together are to set up a local network for the psychosocial wellbeing of the city's children. The project is funded by the...
A Slovak government plan to introduce student loans and tuition fees of 3,600-21,900 koruna (£60-£365) seems likely to cause a brain drain to the neighbouring Czech Republic, where young Slovaks will...