“Macho” men who exhibit alpha-male competitiveness and aggression may be skewing pain research by being more likely to volunteer to be tested on their pain responses, a study suggests.

One of the frequently cited benefits of higher education is its roles in producing graduates who embrace tolerance and progressive thinking.

UCU says move will 'raise further questions about the priorities of senior managers'

A US software company claims to have created the program that researchers’ dreams (or nightmares) are made of: an automated assistant able to write up papers so that you don’t have to.

British universities face potential challenges if they are left outside the ‘Sorbonne process’, experts warn

A researcher has taken a Dutch university to the country’s Institute for Human Rights for not allowing him to defend his PhD dressed as a pirate.

The UK’s Higher Education Academy is under pressure to cut ties with Bahrain after academics warned that its activities in the country pose a “serious ethical and reputational risk” for the organisation.

A new policy at a religious university in the US directing scholars to avoid teaching “erotic” or “graphic” material has reignited a debate over how faith institutions can reconcile their spiritual values with academic freedom.

Three-quarters of researchers believe that authors should be required to declare exactly what they contributed to published journal articles in a bid to boost transparency and stamp out authorship “abuse”, according to a Times Higher Education poll.