Sheffield University has shortlisted two bidders for its novel scheme to outsource the management of all its residential properties. The two bids in the running are from Unite Group and Jarvis plc,...
By the end of this year, 13 English, seven Scottish and two Welsh institutions will have a new vice-chancellor or principal. Alison Utley and Olga Wojtas report on what it takes to become a modern v-...
Government agency English Heritage is threatening to withdraw almost £1 million in funding from ten English universities as part of its financial review. Twenty-one university research posts could be...
Leicester University is aiming to launch itself into the top research and technology rankings with a bid to build a science park next to its National Space Centre. The move would give the university...
Scientists have drawn up plans that could see the first traces of Martian life discovered in a British laboratory. The idea is one element of a series of ambitious measures to reinforce Britain's...
Honours are cascading on Sir Patrick Moore, who this week picked up an honorary fellowship of the Royal Society and a special award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta). Sir...
A Monopoly game based on the academic and civic landmarks of Newcastle will be launched this month. The game is the brainchild of designer Mark Marriot, who studied at the university between 1993 and...
The impending Westminster election appears to be taking its toll on the cooperative cross-party relations enjoyed in the Scottish Parliament. Alasdair Morrison, deputy minister for enterprise and...
The Royal Society this week elected the following fellows: David Attwell , Jodrell professor of physiology at University College London; David Baulcombe , head of the Sainsbury Laboratory at the John...
Outside a disused trading post, men on horseback drive ambling cattle across a timeless pastoral landscape bathed in autumn sunlight. Inside the store, Michelle Cocks seethes with frustration. Ms...
Colin Bundy, director of London University's School of Oriental and African Studies and former vice-chancellor of the University of Wi****ersrand, is one of the speakers at "Siyafunda: Partners in...
A federal report based on a survey of US diplomats in 140 countries has identified red tape as an obstacle to US institutions that want to provide higher education abroad. But the survey, meant to...
Spain's oldest university is striving to consolidate its position as the Oxford of Spanish-language teaching. Juan Felipe García, director of international courses at the University of Salamanca,...
Australian universities claim that their undergraduate failure rate ranges from 10 to 15 per cent, but a senate inquiry into higher education has been told the true figure should be nearer 30 per...
Athens All Greece's university presidents have threatened to resign unless the government substantially modifies legislation being voted on in parliament today to upgrade the country's technical...