FutureLearn, the UK’s massive open online course platform, is launching its first programmes that allow students to earn credits towards a university degree.

Average salaries paid to senior university staff are rising three times as fast as the pay awarded to rank-and-file academics, new figures show.

Literary criticism has been taken to a new level by Holger Syme.

Two years ago, Krzysztof Rybiński, a Polish economist leading a private university in Warsaw, was contacted by headhunters from Moscow.

Students who enroll in certificate, associate and bachelor's programs at for-profit colleges and universities generally see a decline in earnings (and typically greater debt) five or six years after attendance, compared to their earnings before enrollment, according to a study.

The proportion of English undergraduates telling a major survey that their degree was poor value for money has exceeded the proportion who felt it was good value for the first time, with concerns focusing on low contact hours and delays in returning assignments.

The University of Oxford has been told by the Quality Assurance Agency to address students’ fears that “excessive” workloads are dragging down educational standards at the prestigious institution.

For researchers, it has become impossible to escape from the word “excellence”. The government’s new higher education White Paper uses it 115 times. T

Nearly 90 per cent of those working in UK higher education will vote Remain in the European Union referendum, while 40 per cent say that they are more likely to leave the country in the event of a Brexit

Senior managers at University College London have pressed ahead with expansion plans despite concerns from the institution’s finance committee that it may be growing too quickly, minutes of meetings show.