By Richard Vaughan. A string of universities sponsoring school academies have been told to raise their games in light of poor standards. Among them is University College London, which opened its first academy last year and was described by former schools minister Lord Adonis as “the future of education”. More...

By George Ryan. A London university has become the first in the UK to allow a student to sit on the panel that decides vice-chancellors’ pay, a union has said. A student will now sit on the Goldsmiths, University of London, remuneration committee that decides the pay level of the warden, currently Patrick Loughrey, and other senior staff. More...

By George Ryan. The government has announced four new University Enterprise Zones that will be set up across the country. Bradford, Bristol, Nottingham and Liverpool are the sites for the first zones which will provide a focus for increasing interaction between universities and business. More...