Earlier this week McDonald, the MP for Stockton North, was named as a minister of state in the newly formed Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade following a reshuffle by new prime ...

A restructure at London South Bank University that is dividing staff into teaching and research tracks could become a “test bed” for the wider sector, staff claim.

Both SUSTech and SUAT are public universities, but Westlake University in Hangzhou was established in 2018 mainly through ...

Unveiled by world-renowned Scottish architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1909, the building’s repairs are expected to cost approximately £265 million, according to the art school.

The University of Bergen was founded in 1946, making it Norway’s second oldest public university. Today it employs 1,272 academic staff in six faculties serving 14,800 students, 59 per cent of whom ...

“Institutions have been told they should be focusing on things they do well in research and Research England is examining how ...

When an academic role ends abruptly, through redundancy, restructuring or a contract that isn’t renewed, the loss can feel like grief. Victoria Gibbon shares a structured journaling exercise that help ...

Universities Australia said placements came at a “real” cost. “Many students are forced to cut back or give up paid work while still covering rent, groceries, transport and other everyday expenses. No ...

The UK government has said it is “not currently persuaded” of the need to create a special administration regime for universities facing insolvency, also ruling out extra supp ...

Jacqui Smith has been re-appointed as skills minister in Andy Burnham’s new government, retaining a role that spans both the Department of Education (DfE) and the Department for ...

A strike ballot has been called at the University of Exeter as concern mounts over the impact of deep job cuts at the institution. Members of the University and College Union (UCU ...

Nine universities have committed to funding postgraduate places for students affected by a “visa brake” that blocked access to UK study. A new initiative launched by the chari ...