State universities in the Czech Republic are to get a cash boost of Kcs1.9 billion (£34 million) to help increase undergraduate admissions by 10,000 and pay off debts. The money will help bring...
France's millennium celebration of knowledge and learning, the Université de Tous les Savoirs, is to make a comeback following its success last year. It will resume for three weeks in July with daily...
While Europe's leaders are pressing on with the enlargement of the European Union despite this month's Irish referendum setback, business schools across Europe are forging alliances both within and...
A computer program based on game theory could help predict the impact of human behaviour on different wildlife species. Manchester University biological scientists Paul Higgs and Alan McKane are...
An exhibition showcasing 41 of the best new buildings in the United Kingdom higher education sector is running in London. The Higher Education Design Quality Forum organised the exhibition, asking...
The home satellite dishes that deliver films and football to British front rooms are now enabling students to take an MBA. Swiss firm the Fantastic Corporation has developed a system that allows...
Three leading players in commercialising academic research have told an influential Scottish parliamentary committee that existing methods for encouraging commercialisation are inadequate. Sir David...
While a growing number of institutions are requiring first-year students to come armed with laptop computers, the University of South Dakota is opting for their much more compact counterparts -...
Cambridge University is one of six institutions that have formed a network to help convince students with bright ideas that starting their own knowledge-based business is a viable option. The...
In a world fragmented by globalisation, learning is key to social cohesion, say Andy Green and John Preston Rising material prosperity and a record of sound economic management may have ensured new...
Sue Law meets a sculptor who mucks about in car parks to show industrial design students how curves in cars matter. John Owen has a distinctly hands-on approach to teaching. A sculptor who trained at...
University staff must accept performance-related pay in return for a rise, according to the outgoing president of Universities UK. Sir Howard Newby, vice-chancellor of the University of Southampton...
Queen's honour sparks diplomatic row George Bain, Canadian-born vice-chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast, is at the centre of a diplomatic row after being awarded a knighthood in the Queen's...
The power of advertising to "rewrite" childhood memories has been exposed with the help of Bugs Bunny. A group of students was prompted by a phoney magazine advertisement to recall a meeting with the...
The government's rhetoric on widening participation has not been matched by appropriate action, higher education leaders warned this week. A Universities UK conference on widening participation heard...