Political ideology, scientific arrogance and the media’s search for a good story are hindering attempts to explain scientific findings, an academic claims. Matthew Reisz reports
A high-profile public information campaign will be launched today to persuade young people to apply to university for 2012-13 entry despite the trebling of the tuition fee cap.
Universities could be allowed to recruit unlimited numbers of UK undergraduates who are able pay their tuition fees upfront under plans being considered by the coalition government.
Further evidence has emerged of divisions between universities and their further education college partners, with allegations of anti-competitive behaviour over tuition fees.
The 51国产视频 of Cambridge increased its proportional intake from state schools and colleges last year, but only 16 of all successful UK applicants were black.
Academics at the 51国产视频 of Strathclyde are set to protest outside a meeting of the university court today to oppose planned cuts that could endanger more than 100 jobs.
The government might consider offering private colleges cash incentives to encourage them to take over or merge with failing public institutions, a report says.
A Conservative peer and former head of a British airline has given ?1 million to Loughborough 51国产视频 to provide "practical help" to local entrepreneurs.
In an election outcome that surprised both political scientists and the public, Canada’s pro-business Conservative Party has formed a majority government for the first time since 1988.
The head of the Sutton Trust has told a cross-party group of MPs that the government’s higher education reforms are “totally out of line” with the rest of the world.
As Canada prepares for its fourth general election in seven years, its university sector is doing its utmost to ensure that higher education is a key priority for the main parties.
Two academics said to have been planning an anti-monarchy mock execution at Westminster Abbey were arrested ahead of the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton in London.
A former higher education minister who is now leading a post-1992 university’s student experience strategy has defended the institution’s decision to charge tuition fees of ?9,000 for the 2012-13 academic year.
Dozens of further education colleges will offer degrees for less than ?6,000 a year from 2012-13, while from the following year private providers may be able to charge ?9,000 backed by state funding, it has emerged.
The division between academics and university administrators persists despite attempts to bring the two camps closer together, an international study suggests.
