Women in countries with high levels of gender equality are less likely to gain degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, according to a study.

A global shift towards open-access publishing is opening up new types of inequality within academia, according to research that highlights institutional “stratification” in publishing access outcomes.

Taking part in brief mindfulness exercises can help university students stay focused during lectures, researchers have claimed.

Questions have been raised about the value of international organisations providing aid for developing countries’ higher education systems, after the veterans of one project warned that much of its $4.6 million (£3.3 million) budget had been squande

One in three students globally is enrolled in private higher education institutions, according to research that reveals the huge growth and wide reach of private providers.

Publishing giant Taylor & Francis has called for talks with editorial board members from one of its international journals, after they resigned in protest against the dismissal of the editor-in-chief.

Wellcome Trust and UK Research & Innovation launch reviews of policies that require funded papers to be made freely available

Online learning platform Coursera is set to offer its first degrees from UK universities, including its first ever bachelor’s programme.

The European Union is set to miss its target of having all scientific research freely available by 2020, as progress towards open access hits a “plateau” because of deeper problems in how research is assessed.

An email asking staff at the University of York to check whether foreign visitors to their department have visas has raised concerns about the increasingly strict approach to immigration rules in UK higher education institutions.