Many academics bemoan the often thankless task of peer-reviewing other scholars’ research manuscripts before they are published in journals.

As populist, traditionalist politicians make waves across Europe and the US, they have found a new foe in the academy: gender studies.

When Theresa May confirmed last week that the Conservative pledge to cut net migration to the “tens of thousands” would feature in the party’s election manifesto, she claimed that Brexit would help her to achieve the aim.

A major publisher’s decision to replace a journal’s editor and withdraw one of his papers has sparked claims of interference in the publication’s editorial direction.

In his final engagement before resigning as finance minister last year, Emmanuel Macron, now the president of France, visited one of the country’s most prestigious higher education institutions.

Romania’s top universities have called for the country’s research minister to be dismissed after the government removed overseas members and evaluators from national research councils.

Universities around the world looking closely at employment rights and research engagement of doctoral candidates

The Conservative manifesto’s plan for a “major review” of tertiary education funding could “generate price competition for the first time ever” across the whole sector, according to one expert in the field.

Australian vice-chancellors have unanimously opposed government proposals to cut university funding and increase tuition fees, while concerns have also been raised about plans to introduce performance-based funding for teaching.

Rather than build its own brick-and-mortar branch campuses, the University of Arizona is embarking on a plan to open more than 25 “microcampuses” at international partner universities over the next three years ...