Roy Anderson's future as a governor of the Wellcome Trust is in doubt after two reports criticised the management and financial affairs of the Oxford research centre he formerly headed, writes Steve...
More than 100,000 part-time lecturers could be pushed into "bogus" self employment as universities and colleges exploit a loophole to avoid new legislation on part-time workers' rights, lecturers'...
The Association of University Teachers rejected a proposed pay increase this week of 2.5 per cent as "inadequate" and "meanminded". The union, which represents academic and related staff in the old...
Huge variations in teaching quality between different subject areas are revealed in an analysis by The THES. The proportion of departments gaining "excellent" ratings varies from zero in some subject...
Oxbridge lags behind Imperial College, London, and University College London in the race for private research contracts, league tables compiled by The THES show. This year's tables include exclusive...
A research partnership devised to reduce the barriers facing disabled university applicants, has received a Pounds 50,000 development grant from the Further Education Funding Council. The group of 11...
A philosophy professor has been charged with sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour by Swansea University. Laurence Goldstein stood down as head of the philosophy department earlier this year...
Universities will come under pressure to increase data collection and monitoring after an agreement between campus employers and unions this week on equal opportunities. The draft report, drawn up...
Universities may be forced to charge higher tuition fees in the absence of more public cash, a vice-chancellor told MPs. Roderick Floud, vice-chancellor of London Guildhall University, told the...
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Tony Tysome reports on the Mozart effect and how music influences our moods and intelligence. Music may be the food of love, but the reasons why continue to elude scientists. A conference at the...
Full-time students who live at home and attend a local university are more likely to drop out than those who move away, say researchers at the universities of Cardiff and Lancaster. Bob McNabb of...
Government concern over university drop-out rates is highlighted by a study commissioned by the education department, writes Alan Thomson. The study, Student Non-completion in Higher Education, will...
Plans to turn a Sheffield brown-field site into a multi-million pound housing development for more than 1,000 students and private residents have been scaled down after locals complained the building...
Staffordshire University cannot be fully confident about the education provided in its name under overseas partnerships, quality watchdogs have warned in a report published this week. A Quality...