A "radical overhaul" of research assessment that will decide the fate of £1 billion of public funding will be placed before the funding councils next week. It consists of series of recommendations...
Top-rated medical research in England will face cuts in the coming year despite reassurance that funding will be restored to departments rated 5 as well as 5*, writes Alison Goddard. Clinical...
Researchers at Cambridge University are conducting a sociological study of the first feminist ski expedition across Antarctica to the South Pole. The study will track a team of women aged between 50...
English regional development agencies do not have the experience needed to foster innovation, senior politicians heard this week. The higher education white paper proposed that RDAs be given a...
British Nuclear Fuels Limited is aiming to re-energise interest in nuclear science with a £2 million university research alliance. BNFL has signed a contract for a research partnership with the...
E-learning could be a key vehicle for new collaborative arrangements in higher education sought by the government, a conference heard this week. It might also open up markets and help institutions to...
More than 80 per cent of the general public still suspect that scientific animal experiments are conducted behind closed doors without an official licence, according to a MORI poll published this...
The new quality assurance regime faces a make-or-break test as fiercely independent Cambridge University becomes one of the first institutions to be audited under the light-touch system. Quality...
The Royal Society yesterday launched a collaborative study to investigate how the latestscience and technology developments can advance the detection and decontamination of chemical and biological...
Modern apprentices are being offered the opportunity to take a degree at Thames Valley University. Some 20 modern apprentices who have completed their foundation training and gained national...
Students at the London Business School have raised $30,000 (£19,000) from alumni to create a funding pool that students can use to hone their investment skills. The second-year MBA students hope to...
The North East Wales Institute of Higher Education has struck a deal with Harris Manchester College, Oxford, to share staff and facilities. The partnership will provide Newi students with study...
Next generation communications technology is being tested by 16 remote-learning centres using two-way satellite communications. The system is intended to connect off-campus and remote distance...
Actress Dame Judi Dench has emerged as the early favourite to replace Dame Janet Baker as chancellor of the University of York. A replacement for opera singer Dame Janet, 69, who has been chancellor...
International students' rights watchdogs have welcomed the "landmark" court victory of a Chinese student threatened with deportation because he worked between courses. According to the UK Council for...