Students at some of the UKs 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 瞿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.
Until the age of slides and computer displays, printed wallcharts and three-dimensional models were essential teaching tools within universities. Many combined scientific accuracy with great beauty and artistic skill. These are just some of the most striking examples from the extensive collection held by the University of Dundee's museum.
The number of students gaining first-class degrees has risen by almost 50per cent over the past five years, data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency have shown
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 UKs 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 瞿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 governments tightening of the student visa system took effect.
