A novel UK satellite has returned its first pictures of heat variations across the surface of the Earth. Read more

A major overhaul to the federal student aid form delayed its launch at least two months. That means headaches for everyone from financial aid officers to applicants. Read more

If you were to look at the top 10 list on Times Higher Education’s international university ranking in a vacuum, you’d be welcomed by another year of U.S. universities setting the world standard. However, a more troubling insight emerges once you measure the broader competency of U.S. higher education as a whole. Read more

There are doubts about the education ministry’s proposed quality measures, with major players warning firmer guardrails will be needed to protect the public purse and baffled school-leavers from bad operators Read more

If you’ve been getting into crystals, manifesting your dream board or exploring feminist readings of witchcraft, you can now take your hobby to the next level – with the UK’s first postgraduate degree in magic and the occult. Read more

Georgia Institute of Technology must pay half a million dollars in civil penalties for running a job recruitment platform that included postings that excluded non-citizens. Read more

The UK's cloud computing market is to face a competition probe over concerns it is being dominated by Amazon and Microsoft. Read more

Once known for its progressive politics, Starbucks’s labor practices have soured its reputation in the eyes of many college students. Now some want the chain booted from campus. Read more

The University of California Berkeley is using its recently lowered graduate admissions standards as a selling point in advertisements for master's degree programs. Read more

Observers welcome efforts to tackle visa fraud but say new compliance efforts must be ‘robust’ Read more