Bad business decisions have been blamed for the decision to shut entire departments — as academics protest it is students who suffer

Bad business decisions have been blamed for the decision to shut entire departments — as academics protest it is students who suffer

The vice-chancellor says the death of former professor Jason Arday "is on many people's minds".

Scandals about franchised provision have undermined the sector, and universities need to ensure failings are not repeated, vice-chancellors say

More than 10 years after the violent death of Cambridge PhD student Giulio Regeni, his family receive the verdict in the trial of four Egyptian security agents accused of kidnap. Alex Croft reports

Around 30 staff at Oxford University Press are taking further strike action this week in a dispute around offshoring jobs to India.

The General Secretary of Unite, Labour's biggest union backer, has warned Prime Minister Andy Burnham that he must reduce the tax burden on the working classes, as the Prime Minister prepares to deliver his first

Staff at the University of Nottingham will strike on Wednesday 30 September and Thursday 1 October, and then solid strike action from 5th October until 11 December in a row over jobs and course cuts, ...

The general secretary of Unite the union has called on Burnham to un-freeze income tax thresholds at the upcoming budget

The former PhD candidate has alleged that the University failed to discipline Orr after accusations of bullying and academic negligence were partially upheld

About 50 people wave their placards on the picket line in Colchester.

LFF interviewed Unite general secretary Sharon Graham at TUC Congress in Brighton

This is becoming part of a pattern: A tribunal found eleven counts of retaliation against a whistleblower. The University's response: it is 'carefully reviewing' the judgment.

EXCLUSIVE: Unite general secretary Sharon Graham - one of Labour's most powerful union backers - tells The Mirror the Budget must end freeze on income tax thresholds

Staff at the University of Birmingham will meet next week to consider potential strike action in a battle against redundancies, the University and College Union (UCU) said today (11 September).

James Frith says patients may be less willing to share data as new figures show a rise in opt-outs

The University and College Union (UCU) today criticised Universities UK president and Manchester Metropolitan University vice-chancellor, Malcolm Press, for appearing at Reform UK's conference in Birm...

Russell Group universities are axing jobs and cutting courses as the sector faces a financial crisis fuelled by a drop in international students

The bullying and misogyny whistleblowing case exposes damning revelations about the culture in which some academics work