Ian Gibson MP this week called for the creation of a national cancer institute to provide support for cancer research and treatment, writes Kam Patel. Speaking in a debate on the disease, Dr Gibson...
De Montfort University researchers hope to raise Pounds 360,000 from the private sector to develop a novel device for alleviating the effects of diabetes. The funding will be raised through De...
The architecture community is split over proposals by the Royal Institute of British Architects to change its name. The move could open the institution to influence and members from other closely...
Northern Ireland could gain 3,000 jobs if it keeps just half of the university students who now study outside the province, according to a study by an Ulster University professor. A report by Wallace...
(Photograph) - Here for the beer: Geoff Palmer of Heriot-Watt University's international centre for brewing and distilling pours a drink for Zhang Wensheng (left) and Chen Li Juan, Chinese brewers on...
The new chairman of the Further Education Funding Council expects "early action from the government on the issue of governance", writes Phil Baty. Lord Bryan Davies said: "I expect more local...
Teaching and learning in further education is being damaged not just by funding cuts, but also by the way the money is delivered, according to research to be submitted to the House of Commons select...
Pressure to close the funding gap between school sixth forms and colleges increased this week as lobbyists decided their best hope may be to force amendments to the Teaching and Higher Education Bill...
THE SCOTTISH Higher Education Funding Council is limiting cuts in next year's standard units of teaching funding to 2 per cent in real terms in a bid to help institutions cope with impending changes...
KEN MACRAE, chief executive of the Student Awards Agency for Scotland, this week told the House of Commons select committee on Scottish affairs that he would consider resigning if last year's grants...
THE first full merger between a university and a further education college has been approved by the Further Education Funding Council's eastern regional committee. The national reorganisation...
GLASGOW University and St Andrew's College, Scotland's only Roman Catholic teacher education college, agreed this week to submit merger proposals to Scottish Secretary Donald Dewar. They propose that...
THE BOARD of the Association of Colleges is standing firm in the face of calls from more than 150 principals for it to stand down after the unresolved Roger Ward affair. Chairman Jim Scrimshaw said...
Malcolm Dando, professor of Peace Studies at Bradford, has been awarded Pounds 75,850 by the Joseph Rowntree Memorial Trust to work on strengthening the current international agreement on the control...
JOB prospects for graduates are the best this decade, according to research from pay analyst Incomes Data Services. Large employers intend to increase graduate recruitment by 17 per cent this year,...