Priced out of postgraduate education
Students who want to do master鈥檚 degrees are stymied by a lack of state finance. Paul Jump investigates how funding can be fixed
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The PhD experience: this far, and no further
Five students on how doctoral study changed them and their futures
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Moocs UK will offer escape from 鈥楾he Man鈥, says Bean
The UK鈥檚 first massive open online course platform will allow students to set their own targets and escape rules set by 鈥淭he Man鈥
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International report urges pharmaceutical industry to invest more in nanotechnology
Brussels, 17 Feb 2005 While EU governments are making funding available for nanotechnology research, major pharmaceutical companies are investing very little money or human resources in this field,...
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Campus close-up: Brunel University
Broad-based restructure aims to encourage interdisciplinary research collaborations
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探花视频's Books of 2014
The year鈥檚 best reads for work and pleasure, chosen by scholars and senior figures in the sector
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Pay is the front line in a fight over the future
The UCU鈥檚 action is about fairness, equality and defending public higher education, say Tom Hickey and John Holmwood
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Female Tommies: The Frontline Women of the First World War, by Elisabeth Shipton
Niamh Gallagher on the women who challenged the consensus of who could serve at the front
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World in brief - 20 February 2014
United StatesHarvard mistake hits 11,000A US university accidentally overtaxed thousands of its employees for four years in a payroll error. Owing to a mistake in the way it reported its employees鈥...
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News in brief
United StatesHarvard mistake hits 11,000A US university accidentally overtaxed thousands of its employees for four years in a payroll error. Owing to a mistake in the way it reported its employees鈥...
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Institute will be a boost to industry
Cambridge University and top business leaders have joined forces to create a new Institute for Manufacturing to act as a focal point for the industry. The institute will bring together the economics...
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Parliament to debate Commission's ideas for a more coherent space strategy
Brussels, 11 January 2002 The European Parliament will debate a Commission communication on the need to develop a more coherent European space strategy on 16 January. The European Council called upon...
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Nanotechnology centre stage at Innovate 2006, UK Technology Strategy Board's annual conference
London, 2 November 2006 A new era with a complete network of 22 Nanotechnology Centres linking up across the UK will be officially ushered in at a networking reception to be held today at the...
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Part-time study decline 鈥榮et to continue鈥, warns key report
The dramatic decline in part-time students will continue this year, according to a report that calls for an 鈥渦rgent push鈥 to promote such study.
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China on the fast track
Beijing wants to supercharge its nation鈥檚 universities as it has its railroads, but might its ambitions falter for want of academic freedom and cultural change?