Men in academia are at a higher risk of anxiety, depression and burnout from “impostor syndrome” than their female peers, according to a new study.

An academic who battled for almost five years to get his research into a journal has spoken out about the problems with publishing interdisciplinary science.

The diversity of professors in the basic science departments of US medical schools is unlikely to change in the next 60 years, according to research.

Academics are calling on the UK university sector’s main pension provider to sell its stake in a controversial arms manufacturer that has profited from selling cluster bombs ...

Telling students they will have to fail in order to learn, which will involve academics making “fundamental changes to how they teach”, is one of the key findings of a new report into teaching and learning innovation.

Holding students back to repeat a course, term or whole year of study – a policy known as “grade retention” – has positive effects on performance although it also increases dropout rates, a study has found.

Three in four scientists depicted in primary school science textbooks are men, according to a study that hopes to shed further light on female under-representation in science.

My first boss, the chairman of my department when I was a young lecturer, was Wilfrid Harrison.

FutureLearn will become the first massive open online course provider to offer a suite of postgraduate degrees entirely on its platform through a new partnership with Australia’s Deakin University.

Sweden is often cited as one of the world’s leading higher education nations.