A file on Dudley Castle’s archaeological digs has been returned – 21 years after a student borrowed it.

A landmark city centre pub would be taken over by the University of Wolverhampton and turned into a grand reception area, under new plans being drawn up.

Staffordshire University has fallen nine places in the latest university rankings.

West End performers and their puppets dropped into Wolverhampton University to give budding actors a masterclass.

Students have paid out fines totalling some £2.5 million for overdue library books at Wolverhampton and Birmingham universities, it emerged today.

The number of students applying to the University of Wolverhampton is up by almost 15 per cent – bucking the national trend that shows applications are down by 23,000.

Tuition fees at Wolverhampton University will be reduced to £7,500 from next year – as long as students continue into their second year of studies, bosses announced today.

The number of applications to study at Wolverhampton University next year is up by just over six per cent compared to this time last year – despite fees soaring in 2012, it was revealed today.

The number of applications for 2012 courses at Wolverhampton University is down by nearly 14 per cent compared to those for this year, the latest figures showed today.

Students at universities in the Black Country and Staffordshire have been forced to take emergency payments after their student loans failed to arrive for the start of term, it emerged today.