Private, for-profit universities are the only way to meet the huge demand for “good, not great” higher education in emerging economies, it has been argued.

In a bid to eliminate confusing academic social networks and name mix-ups, the Royal Society has announced today that authors submitting to its journals will have to provide a scientific passport.

A Scottish university is “considering the position” of the honorary degree it bestowed on American presidential candidate Donald Trump, after the businessman called for Muslims to be barred from entering the US.

India will be home to the largest domestic higher education market by 2025, while China will remain the number one provider of international students globally, according to a study from the British Council.

Christmas songs are all well and good, but have you ever wished that they had more of a higher education theme?

Close to 200 university professors in South Korea are to stand trial over charges that they fraudulently put their names to books written by other academics as part of a racket with publishing companies to sell more publications.

More than three-quarters of first-time international graduate students in the US are enrolled in master’s or certificate programmes, new data has found.

An extra 6.9 billion rand (£306 million) will be pumped into South Africa’s higher education system to tackle a student finance crisis which triggered nationwide protests.

US for-profit provider Apollo Education Group has bought a German college for $105 million (£71 million).

Six universities in talks on global credit transfer system for online courses