(Photograph) - SIMON Finch (right)has ridden the crest of a wave that has propelled antiquarian book sales into the first division of art and antiques dealing, writes Alan Thomson. Mr Finch, and his...
London University's School of Slavonic and East European Studies is set to merge with University College in a move that further centralises higher education provision in the capital. A SSEES working...
The Manuscripts Reading Room in the British Library at St Pancras opened to readers this week following the transfer of the national manuscript collection from the British Museum. The manuscript...
The government is spending Pounds 50 million over the next three years to develop local information and advice networks for adult learners. The aim is to build on existing networks and the database...
Individual learning accounts and the University for Industry should support continuing professional development as well as access to learning, a report from the Council for Industry and Higher...
Keele University's attempt to drive through plans for campus car parking charges has run into protest from staff and students. Keele's vice-chancellor's committee last month suggested staff pay up to...
Warwick University has bucked the trend for recruitment in Southeast Asia despite the financial crisis in the region. It has increased its number of Southeast Asian students by more than 9 per cent,...
University libraries are saving more than Pounds 3 million a year by clubbing together regionally to coordinate spending on books and periodicals, according to a Bournemouth University report....
(Photograph) - Trade unions are set to throw their weight behind the government's lifelong learning agenda in the drive to redefine the public services for the next century. John Monks (above),...
Some primary trainee teachers are given under eight hours training in how to teach physical education, according to the Office for Standards in Education. On average, postgraduate trainees do 23...
Two senior higher education managers have been appointed to help run troubled Thames Valley University. Geoff Crispin, former deputy vice-chancellor at Teesside University, and Steve Chicken, former...
Enrolments in Welsh higher education have risen by more than 45 per cent since 1993, according to the Welsh funding councils. Part-time numbers have more than doubled. More than 100,000 students were...
Chinese studies will get an extra Pounds 5 million over the next five years to aid teaching and research. The Higher Education Funding Council for England set the cash aside after the Foreign and...
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Marie Denley is concerned that women have failed to make their mark on the past millennium Here's sport indeed: a mini-quiz. Question: what do the following six names have in common - William Caxton...