Greg Votolato. Professor of design Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, High Wycombe In the 1948 film The Fountainhead , Gary Cooper's character, Howard Roark, defined the image of the...
Estelle Morris Secretary of state for education and skills Estelle Morris is likely to bring a "straight-talking breath of fresh air" to higher education policy, according to an academic who has...
City University Steve Miller , former director of the institute of health sciences, has been appointed deputy vice chancellor. Brendan Casey , former deputy librarian, has been appointed university...
Leak row exam board highlights pupil pressures Edexcel, the exam board at the centre of the leaked A-level papers row, has highlighted the pressures on pupils to get into university as a...
Ivy leaguers vie for techno prize Ivy League rivals Harvard and Stanford are competing to establish an institute to study the effect of technology on politics and economics with a $150 million...
Financial Times Tristem, a biotechnology company with roots in Britain, Ireland and Saudi Arabia, has unveiled a technique for turning back the biological clock by converting blood cells...
Post-election restructuring of the Department for Education and Employment has raised hopes of more money for higher and further education. Leaders this week welcomed the creation of the Department...
Research has grown in stature: ministers are giving it more cash and inviting it into the political fold. Caroline Davis reports. When Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859, there...
Demonstrating the quality of university teaching will become increasingly important under the new Labour government, according to the incoming higher education minister. Margaret Hodge, who was...
People should be obliged to vote, writes Robert Blackburn, even if they choose 'none of the above' June 7 2001 was a landmark general election for many reasons, among them the dramatic fall in the...
Rendell wins Lib Dem education brief David Rendell has been appointed further and higher education spokesman for the Liberal Democrats. He takes over from Evan Harris, the party’s new health...
Financial Times Blood from a newborn's umbilical cord can rebuild the blood supply of adults with leukaemia and other fatal blood diseases, according to a study from Case Western Reserve University...
Talks herald end of dispute Talks between the Nigerian government and leaders of the academic staff union may lead to the end of a nine-week closure of universities.&...
Ucas defends embattled AS levels The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service has come out in support of the embattled AS-level exams. It said the results were helpful to higher...
The Guardian Alison Benjamin looks at a battle over the best way to spread the word, as modernisers seek to close run-down public libraries and replace them with high-tech centres. ( society section...