Discipline needs to forge new research agendas and promote its benefits more effectively, workshop hears

Fears have been raised over whether universities are “buying” journal papers to improve their ranking after a scholar revealed that he was offered more than £35,000 to list publications under the name of a lesser-known Chinese institution.

Donald Trump’s election has left investors betting that the trillion-dollar US federal student loan system could be shifted back to banks, with a leading Democrat putting his pick as education secretary under pressure on the issue.

The leader of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has said that Donald Trump’s presidency “will not change” the university’s mission and values, claiming that the worst-case scenario is that the institution will have to find new sources of funding.

Should students and academics consider changing their name when they study and work in countries with a different language from their homeland?

Women working in university science departments report higher levels of job-related burnout than men, suggests new research.

Is it better to be a university dropout or to not have gone to college at all?

Spain, Germany and the UK are the most popular destinations for students to study, train or volunteer abroad through Erasmus+, according to new data from the European Commission.

An executive order signed by US president Donald Trump late on Friday afternoon immediately barring immigrants and non-immigrant visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US has had immediate effects on scholars and students.

Chinese doctoral education has shifted from a Soviet to a US model, according to a working paper that demonstrates the growth and improvement of PhD education in the country.