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Head of London's Queen Mary University defends £9000 fee

15.04.11
Principal of Queen Mary University justifies the institution's decision to charge £9,000 fees as he suggested others could be opting for the maximum for 'status' reasons ... more

University in £36m scandal pays top staff £1m in bonuses

23.08.10
London's biggest university was accused of 'living in cloud-cuckoo-land' after deciding to award managers £1million in performance bonuses in the wake of a financial scandal. ... more

Fifth of students 'not satisfied with degree courses'

18.08.10
Nearly a fifth of university students are unhappy with their degree courses, a major poll reveals... more

Olympics chiefs named on list of top quango salaries

02.07.10
Olympics bosses feature heavily on a six-figure salary list of 160 quango heads published by the Government... more

London university pays £10m a year for fees error

08.04.10
London Metropolitan University is to pay back £36.5 million after it claimed money for students who were ineligible for funding... more

200,000 ‘will miss out on university places due to cuts’

01.02.10
Thousands of teenagers will miss out on places this year after ministers cut funding, vice-chancellors warn... more

200,000 ‘will miss out on university place due to cuts’

01.02.10
Thousands of applicants will be denied university places this year because of cuts to higher education, vice-chancellors warn.... more

University governors to quit over £36m blunder

17.12.09
Governors at London's biggest university have agreed to resign over a £36million funding fiasco, it was reported... more

Protesters push for London university governors to quit

16.12.09
Protesters will urge governors of the beleaguered London Metropolitan University to step down when they meet ... more

Students 'must be told how many lectures they get for £3,000 fees'

01.10.09
Universities will be forced to tell students how many lectures and classes they can expect amid fears that undergraduates are being cheated out of their £3,225 a year fees... more

Boris Johnson wants campus built in 2012 park

29.09.09
Boris Johnson wants to create a university campus in the Olympic Park... more

Funding is slashed at top research colleges

05.03.09
Some of London's most prestigious universities will miss out on vital funding after having research grants reduced... more

400 university jobs must go after £50m 'blunder'

28.01.09
London Metropolitan University is to axe up to 400 jobs after being awarded more than £50million in funding it should never have received... more

Boris Johnson backs plan for university on Olympic park site

14.01.09
Plans for a university on the site of the London Olympics will take a step forward next month with the launch of a viability study backed by London Mayor Boris Johnson... more

London universities are leading the nation in research excellence

18.12.08
London universities dominate a new league table of the top educational establishments for research... more

Library funding cut threatens rare folios of Shakespeare

22.08.08
One of the capital's landmark libraries is under threat because of funding cuts... more


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