British higher education is acclaimed by young professionals throughout the world and regarded as a good choice for study abroad and distance-learning courses, an international MORI survey has found...
Universities should be allowed to charge whatever level of tuition fees they believe the market will bear, according to a new report on the economics of higher education. The report, by the National...
MPs have called on the government to spend hundreds of millions of pounds over the next four years to make universities and colleges more accessible to disabled people, writes Alan Thomson. An...
Oxford University is reappraising its historical drive for sporting excellence in "old boys" areas such as rugby and rowing, in a move to lose its old-fashioned, elitist image. ߣߣÊÓƵ will be...
The University of Lancaster has failed to prevent harassment of women staff and students by a group of unruly football players, according to senior tutor Caroline Giles. Ms Giles this week instigated...
Rival universities are uneasy about the government's decision to hand Cambridge University an exclusive grant to foster scientific enterprise. It is 50 times more than the average sum given to any...
'The two most senior of Mr Douglas's posts were never advertised. Article seven of colleges' statutory instruments states that a vacancy for "a senior post shall be advertised nationally"'. Ministers...
Universities are busy preparing their case for more cash in the next spending round. THES reporters demonstrate how they benefit the economy A fly on the Treasury wall might recently have seen the...
Higher education in the UK was earning more four years ago than the British computer manufacturing, plastics or office equipment industries. A report that the vice-chancellors will use to back their...
Greek Cypriot students wave Greek flags at a checkpoint dividing the island during a protest to mark the anniversary of the declaration of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The island has been...
A Spanish university is considering amending its statutes to allow its rector to seek a third term of office. Staff at La Coruna University are divided over the campaign to allow Jose Luis Meilan to...
"In the next century, the engine of growth will be the process through which can economy creates, applies and extracts value from knowledge." So said Charles Leadbeater of Demos, allegedly Tony Blair...
Saturday Several key staff come in to make final preparations for their teaching quality assessment. Seek final statistics on 1999 student entry. Secretary asks: "Do you want sex?" then collapses...
One wonders who is responsible for strategic decision-making at the Association of MBAs, which recently announced a new speaker for its annual dinner. The event, usually held this month, had to be...
The Scottish football team's defeat at Hampden Park, compounded by a victory at Wembley that still excluded it from the European cup, could leave many distraught supporters turning to God. So it was...