A behavioural economics journal is trialling a novel and controversial way of making sure peer reviewers submit their reviews on time – releasing a ranking of how quickly they respond.

It will be “impossible” for Russia’s universities to become internationally competitive as long as academic science and medical research take place outside universities in specialised academies.

Universities are failing to make best use of Twitter and may promote “inaccurate” depictions of themselves via the social network, a major study says.

Being unpaid, unloved and unknown for their troubles, anonymous peer reviewers must often feel they have one of academia’s most thankless jobs.

Whenever people talk about excellence in education, the Nordic countries are rarely far from their lips.

Hiring someone for a job is always a big decision. But the Karolinska Institute’s 2010 decision to appoint as a visiting professor Paolo Macchiarini, once a world-renowned thoracic surgeon, turned out to be really big.

A new global online platform that aims to connect refugee students with university scholarships, resources and other higher education opportunities has been launched.

A psychology journal is launching a trial during which some reviewers will not see the results, discussion and conclusion sections of manuscripts ...

More than one in three students at Chinese universities has been sexually harassed or experienced sexual violence, according to a new survey ...

An online peer-reviewed journal set up by funders to challenge the hegemony of a handful of prestigious journals will begin charging authors next year.