Students can improve through the use of learning logs, journals, diaries and electronic portfolios, the UK's first review of international literature on personal development planning has concluded....
Many universities are "blissfully unaware" of key funders' plans to enforce more rigorous research quality assurance standards, research leaders have said. Concerns have been raised about a proposed...
Fifty per cent of lecturers taking part in a study at Spain's Alcal University have been victims of bullying in the past six months. The first study of workplace bullying at a Spanish university...
Italian students tend to drop out of university because of sadism, delusions of omnipotence, narcissism and depression among their professors, according to a forensic scientist. Giancarlo Nivoli,...
The University of Zimbabwe failed to open for the new academic year after lecturers began an indefinite strike for a 50 per cent-plus salary increase. James Mahlaule, president of the university...
Pregnant scientists at Monash University in Melbourne will be encouraged to return to their research after taking maternity leave with the help of a A$15,000 (£5,738) grant. Monash dubbed the scheme...
US universities and colleges are under pressure to stop giving preference in admissions to "legacy" candidates - the children of alumni or major donors - in an unexpected twist in the affirmative...
One US university that may fall foul of President George W. Bush's opposition to affirmative action is run by the federal government itself, Jon Marcus writes. The US Military Academy at West Point...
In spelling out its beliefs, the QAA is underlining its commitment to higher education, says Peter Williams A key indicator of a mature democracy is the extent to which higher education is granted...
University physicists must become more business-focused or risk holding back physics-based industry in the UK, concludes a ten-year economic analysis published this week. The report, from the...
The University of Warwick is investigating the barriers that prevent pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds going to university to study the physical sciences, writes Anna Fazackerley. Many...
Sweeping reorganisation of Welsh higher education will mean spending "tens of millions of pounds" extra over the next five years, funding council heads have warned the Welsh Assembly. Three mergers...
The Welsh Assembly is still in negotiations with Westminster over its bid to gain devolved powers on student funding, writes Tony Tysome. Assembly education minister Jane Davidson wants a decision...
University candidates will be matched with available places in an early version of clearing to be launched next week. Applicants who do not yet hold any offers will be allowed to approach...
A private member's bill will be introduced today to change legislation on the national archiving of publications to incorporate non-print material. This follows a campaign led by the British Library...