The next European Union research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020, has been allocated a budget of almost €71 billion (£60.4 billion) in an agreement reached on 8 February.
Part-time students enjoy a high level of job stability, with four out of five working throughout their studies and still in employment two years after graduation, a new report says.
Students should receive careers advice and support at the start of their studies, rather than towards the end of their time at university, the chief executive of the National Union of Students has argued.
Five massive open online courses, or Moocs, have been recommended for credit by the American Council on Education, meaning students who complete the courses could potentially use their experience as currency towards a college degree.
One of the most strident critics of the government’s plan to introduce baccalaureate-style examinations to replace GCSEs has welcomed the decision by Michael Gove to abandon the plan.
England’s funding council has unveiled the sector’s total funding for 2013-14, stating that funding per student is on the rise under the new system of higher fees.
Leaders of the Russell Group of research intensive universities have added their voices to the clamour calling for the European Union’s research and innovation funding to be protected.
More than 300,000 people have signed up to the University of Edinburgh’s free massive open online courses (Moocs) since they were first announced in July 2012, it has been revealed.
A Tory MP renowned for pro-homeopathy views has been has been provisionally appointed as a member of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee.
The chairs of five parliamentary committees have written to the prime minister urging him to remove overseas university students from the net migrant target, highlighting “unprecedented” consensus between MPs and peers on the move.
The number of people applying to university has risen by 3.5 per cent, but has failed to bounce back to pre-£9,000 tuition fee levels, new figures show.
The government is being urged not to implement immigration proposals that it is claimed could have a damaging effect on UK science, engineering and wider academia.
Academics at the University of Birmingham will be balloted over strike action in protest at what a union has described as the institution’s “campaign of forced redundancies and aggressive management tactics”.
Twelve “outstanding” university departments are set to receive Regius professorships to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee last year, the Cabinet Office has announced.
Projects focussing on graphene and research into the human brain have won what the European Commission has called “the largest research excellence award in history”.
University leavers could have better graduate job prospects than their predecessors when they attempt to enter the world of work this summer, a survey has suggested.
The publisher Sage has slashed the price of publishing in its flagship open-access journal to just $99 (£63) in the wake of concern about whether researchers in the humanities and social sciences will be able to afford to comply with the UK’s new open-access mandates.
Students at some of the UK’s leading university computer science departments are going head-to head to prove their cyber security skills by battling it out in an online code-breaking challenge.
New College of the Humanities, the privately funded higher education institution charging fees of £18,000 a year, plans to open a free school in partnership with a private school firm.
The University of Bristol was one of the biggest winners in the first year of higher fees, expanding its new student cohort by 28 per cent, while London Metropolitan University saw its intake shrink by 43 per cent.
The number of academics submitted to the research excellence framework is likely to exceed the number submitted to the last research assessment exercise, new figures suggest.
The UK’s move towards open-access publishing will inevitably place some learned societies’ journals into financial jeopardy, according to the chair of the committee that recommended making the transition.
INTO University Partnerships, which co-owns international student centres with several universities, has sold a 25 per cent stake of its business to a private equity firm for £66 million.
The government has announced that it will ease over-recruitment fines for universities and not cut 5,000 places from their allocations, while calling for "restraint" on staff pay.
The UK's top 100 degree-level employers recruited fewer graduates than expected in 2012, while expected increases in the number of vacancies this year will still leave recruitment figures 11 per cent lower than pre-recession levels.
Two universities have collaborated to help launch a "university centre" in the south of England in an effort to boost people's access to higher education in the area.
The Reverend Peter Neil has been appointed the next vice-chancellor of Bishop Grosseteste University, one of ten specialist institutions recently awarded university title.
The University of Buckingham is considering whether to take on Uganda students after it suspended a validation agreement in the country because of fears over freedom of speech regarding homosexuality.
The number of Indian students studying at UK universities fell by 24 per cent last year, as the government’s tightening of the student visa system took effect.
David Willetts, the universities and science minister, has been attacked by a Tory colleague for showing "snobbishness" on university access and perpetuating an "authoritarian elitist fantasy" in his policies.
The proportion of staff submitted by each unit of assessment to the 2014 research excellence framework will become clear for the first time after the Higher Education Statistics Agency announced it will release statistics on the number of academics eligible to be submitted.
A university will this week welcome 90 academics from a single Japanese institution in what thought to be the biggest international symposium of its kind held in the UK.
The coalition government has praised universities as "the driving force behind our increasingly high-tech, knowledge-based economy" in its mid-term review.
The Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (Cara) has called for urgent support to be given to Syrian academics and students caught up in the country’s civil war.
A former researcher at the universities of Glasgow and Liverpool has been found guilty of serious scientific misconduct by his previous university in Singapore.
The fall in university applications could be "a societal turning-point" and the government must launch a national campaign to ensure higher education is seen as affordable, a vice-chancellor and former Labour higher education minister has warned.
University applicant numbers have continued to fall for the second consecutive year - with around 18,000 fewer people applying to higher education compared to the same time last year, new figures show.
University professors have the least stressful career in the US - narrowly beating tailors and seamstresses into second place, a job listing website has found
One of the men who predicted the existence of the Higgs boson particle has been given the highest possible accolade in the New Year Honours list, released today.
George Osborne, the chancellor, has announced the allocation of £21.5 million for projects to unlock practical applications for the “miracle material” graphene.
The Home Office has released more details of the controversial extra 100,000 interviews to be introduced for international students planning to study in the UK, which will cover applicants' educational history and chosen institution.
