University College London plans to outsource all its cleaning and security services, but a union claims the "potentially illegal" move would harm the institution's lowest-paid staff and the quality of provision.
The chairman of the board of governors at London Metropolitan University has responded to a complaint from a students’ union officer by advising the vice-chancellor to “kill her with information and kindness” – and accidentally copied the email to the union officer concerned.
The Commons Science and Technology Committee has questioned the decision to locate the new UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation in central London.
The provision by universities of “strategically important and vulnerable” subjects such as mathematics, science and modern languages would have suffered if the funding council had not intervened with extra support, a report has concluded.
Two universities have failed to comply with decisions made by the student complaints watchdog, in the first such instances, a cross-party group of MPs has heard.
Fears about the future of postgraduate study in the UK have been raised by a survey which suggests that many current students would not embark on postgraduate study if they had to pay undergraduate tuition fees of ?9,000 a year.
The University of Liverpool has announced plans to invest ?600 million in its facilities, with ?250 million of that sum going towards new student accommodation.
European Union funding for research and innovation should be more focused on green growth, according to a Department for Business, Innovation and Skills report.
The University of Birmingham sent senior administrators to two US institutions for a “transatlantic summit” as part of its preparations for the UK’s more market-oriented funding regime.
Lord Sainsbury of Turville, the businessman and former science minister, has been nominated by the University of Cambridge to succeed the Duke of Edinburgh as chancellor after the royal stands down at the end of June.
A number of universities fear that up to a third of overseas postgraduate students may fail to take up their places this autumn due to changes to visa rules, it has been claimed.
Hundreds of academics, writers and other campaigners from across the world have signed a "manifesto" calling on the coalition government and UK universities to reverse policies that they say are leading to the commercialisation of higher education.
A newly released study suggests that the huge increase in Chinese research output is starting to be matched by a similar rise in the quality of its basic science.
A vice-chancellor is considering legal action against the UK Border Agency over the damage she said her university has suffered because of its "disproportionate" action.
The role of academics as expert witnesses has come under scrutiny after an Australian politician called for a professor to be sacked over his role in a high-profile murder trial.
The linear écraseur chain - developed in Paris in 1850 for amputating limbs and tumours, and for castration - works by the gradual tightening of the chain loop, crushing tissue without causing bleeding.
The UK’s ?2.4 billion overseas student market could yet take a hit from government visa restrictions, according to a private firm that provides foundation courses.
