Scientific societies offer an underappreciated avenue for female academics to burst through the glass ceiling, a study suggests.

More universities are expected to consider adopting Sweden’s “block teaching” system after a pilot at an Australian institution exceeded expectations.

Almost three-quarters of women working in UK higher education believe that men have a better chance of achieving a leadership role, a new poll suggests.

The rush to open international branch campuses has undermined universities’ relationships with their local communities, according to a sector leader.

Google and a Danish technology firm claim that they have removed the need for biology students to set foot in a laboratory by creating virtual reality simulations of experiments, clearing the way for the world’s first online-only biology degree.

Cardiff University has said that it will review the support available to staff after it emerged that a lecturer who took his own life had complained about his heavy workload.

A UK university faces being forced to close its engineering teaching facility after the local council refused to grant retrospective planning permission and raised concerns about potential health risks to students.

Subscriptions to academic journals are costing leading UK universities almost £4 million a year on average, new figures reveal.

The professor at the heart of Australia’s university fundraising row has warned that hostile responses to bequests and donations risk undermining a sorely needed higher education revenue stream.

Inside Higher Ed analysis of employee data shows the agency has shed more than 500 workers -- 13 percent of its total staff -- since the start of the Trump administration. Former officials say that means employees are stretched thin.