These images of a child receiving treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital, and from its Cromwell House convalescent home in North London, form part of the Historic Hospitals Admission Records Project at Kingston University.
Universities must re-engage with society about their role in 21st-century Britain as the government's White Paper has failed to visualise the future of higher education, a vice-chancellor has said.
The idea that universities are about to be plunged into crisis by the decision to open up one in four full-time undergraduate places to full competition is "daft", according to the head of the English funding council.
Higher education staff have been given a “final offer” of a ?150 pay rise for the next academic year, provoking an angry reaction from the sector’s unions.
Tuition fees at English universities will average ?8,393 in 2012, the Office for Fair Access confirmed today, significantly higher than the government’s estimate.
Universities and colleges in Wales are to charge average annual tuition fees of ?8,800 after the funding council rubber stamped their plans to improve access.
A subject association has called for an independent inquiry into the suspension of a University of Nottingham academic for criticising the university’s role in the arrest of an administrator and a student under the terrorism act.
A group of academics and students has launched a drive for an “alternative” higher education White Paper in response to what they describe as the “sweeping, ill-considered reforms” set out in the government’s document.
Five high-flying schools sent more students to Oxbridge in a three-year period than 2,000 other UK schools and colleges combined, a report by the Sutton Trust has revealed.
These lantern slides are among the treasures of the little-known Alfred Denny Museum at the University of Sheffield's department of animal and plant sciences.
The premier of China, Wen Jiabao, has been awarded the King Charles II Medal by Britain's Royal Society for "one of the most ambitious national research investment programmes the world has ever seen".
Proposals for universities to provide much more detailed information about course content, academic staff and student views could lead to a massive surge in complaints that will put pressure on the sector's oversight bodies, it has been suggested.
The government has yet to take "the crucial step" in setting the value of public-sector pensions covering up to 200,000 staff in former polytechnics, according to an academic who advised a government-commissioned review of pensions.
One of the only private providers with taught degree-awarding powers has announced it is to offer its full-time undergraduate degrees for a maximum of ?6,000 from 2012-13.
An internship scheme funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England has managed to place around one in three graduates in permanent or long-term jobs, according to a new report.
David Willetts has rejected accusations that he wants to introduce a US-style model of higher education in a response to criticisms from a University of Oxford academic.
Plans to create a 'super university' in Wales by merging three institutions have been dealt a blow after the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff said it was no longer in discussions about the idea.
Education giant Pearson has signed a partnership with Royal Holloway, University of London which will see the college validating the company’s new business degree.
The principal of Royal Holloway, University of London, has been accused of attempting to stifle public debate about the future of the college’s Classics department.
This walking stick once belonged to Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), one of the greatest and most influential philosophers of the 20th century. The handkerchief was used to cover his face after his death. Both were given to the University of Helsinki by Elisabeth von Wright.
