By Anita Sharda, Policy adviser, sociologist and former equal opportunities officer at the University of Hertfordshire. Over the past year, I have been an independent member of the home secretary's...
The government's student-funding policies have plunged new universities into crisis, lecturers' leaders and university managers claimed this week. Six universities have been placed under emergency...
NEWS Fit for work: Hefce publishes the first employability indicators. Social inclusion: the Scottish university principals' pledge card FEATURES Noreena Hertz asks whether exercising our democratic...
UK split in student numbers People under 21 in Scotland and Northern Ireland are more likely to go to university or college than under 21s in the United Kingdom. More than 40 per cent of them entered...
We wish to point out that Leicester University student Shahid Hussain ( THES , March 23) did not, as we said, quote Benjamin Franklin as having said: "There are two certainties in life - death and...
Next week sees judgement day on graduate employability when funding chiefs publish their latest performance indicators. Education secretary David Blunkett is keen to identify which universities and...
The government announced a multimillion pound boost for further education this week as it launched the new Learning and Skills Council for post-16 education and training. At a launch meeting held at...
Two new medical schools were announced this week by the Higher Education Funding Council for England and the Department of Health. The universities of York and Hull were successful in a joint bid, as...
The Quality Assurance Agency was plunged deeper into crisis this week as lecturers threatened a boycott and quality chiefs attacked government over its "lighter touch" inspection plan. A proposal for...
The foot-and-mouth crisis has decimated academic fieldwork, jeopardising millions of pounds worth of research and blighting the careers of young scientists. Environmental scientists, ecologists,...
Sean Farren, Northern Ireland's minister for higher and further education, this week unveiled a £65 million student support package including means-tested bursaries of up to £1,500, childcare grants...
Cambridge University has been breaking its statutes by accepting external funds to appoint professors without the required scrutiny of its academic community, the university has admitted. A number of...
Scientists who carry out research on animals have been boosted by measures that will cut delays in gaining permission to pursue their work. The Home Office, which regulates animal research, is...
Vesper the tortoise comes out of hibernation under the watchful eye of Anna Meredith, a veterinarian at the Easter Bush Veterinary Hospital, Midlothian. The hospital vets are holding a special clinic...
New workforce development confederations for healthcare and a new funding stream for student doctors, dentists, nurses and other health professionals will come into force on April 1. The...