UK universities must ensure that their policies on borderline scores do not in effect lower the thresholds for degree classifications, sector bodies say.

US university leaders and individual researchers must “lean in” to their responsibilities as public advocates for evidence-based policymaking under the presidency of Donald Trump, according to a former White House staffer.

It is often thought that a young academic in any field publishes early and often, peaks after about five years, secures a permanent position and then gradually grows less productive until retirement.

An announcement last month by the Chinese government about which institutions will be included in its latest funding initiative to create “world-class” universities may have pricked up the ears of the elite Western institutions that dominate higher education rankings.

Anyone who has ever taught a university class knows some students say more than others.

US university presidents who bar “controversial” speakers from campus are “inflaming the problem”, according to the leader of an institution that hosted alt-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos.

The UK government is exploring the idea of offering access to public student loans for overseas students studying at British universities, as part of potential post-Brexit trade deals with foreign governments.

Junior academics are being “held back” in their careers as a consequence of more senior research partners being over-credited on co-authored papers, the results of a global study suggest.

College of the Ozarks president says new course demonstrates importance of pride in your country

A music lecturer who has waged a decade-long war against his former vice-chancellor has been told that he is no longer an international fugitive.