Editors of academic journals should be investigated for “professional negligence” if peer review at their publications takes too long, says a leading critic of the scholarly publishing industry.

Key UK government-commissioned research on higher education is “getting dusty” on departmental shelves rather than being published, a situation that is “worse than an embarrassment”, according to a former ministerial adviser.

Figures on UK private providers have raised renewed questions about the number of students claiming public loans to study sub-degree courses at for-profit colleges, but leaving without qualifications.

The number of European graduate students enrolling at US universities rose by 8 per cent in the year to autumn 2016 ...

University students find it easier to retain information when using books and handwriting notes rather than computers, according to a survey of European and Asian students.

Academics are keen observers of the absurd in their professional lives – or so their many ironic, often gallows-humor social media accounts suggest.

Elsevier has restored access to German research institutions that have been cut off from its journals since the new year after negotiations over a new contract broke down.

France’s brain drain of young scientists may be far worse than imagined as Gallic researchers are choosing not to return home after their postdoctoral studies abroad, a study says.

Martin Shkreli, former chief executive officer of Turing Pharmaceuticals, delivered a speech about hedge fund management and healthcare at Harvard University on 15 February, despite protests at his appearance.

As Britain haggles with the European Union over the terms of Brexit, European higher education is attempting to alleviate the uncertainty over academic relations with UK universities.