Wellcome Trust and UK Research & Innovation launch reviews of policies that require funded papers to be made freely available

Online learning platform Coursera is set to offer its first degrees from UK universities, including its first ever bachelor’s programme.

The European Union is set to miss its target of having all scientific research freely available by 2020, as progress towards open access hits a “plateau” because of deeper problems in how research is assessed.

An email asking staff at the University of York to check whether foreign visitors to their department have visas has raised concerns about the increasingly strict approach to immigration rules in UK higher education institutions.

Labelling universities as “uniquely toxic environments” could do more harm than good to student mental health, a leading psychiatrist has warned.

Women now outnumber men among early career researchers in Australian universities, according to figures.

To many, the idea of pushing through significant changes at Asia’s most highly ranked university would be nothing short of madness.

Course cuts at an Australian university in the wake of a freeze on teaching funding have proved more disruptive than previously realised, in a preview of what may await other institutions in the country.

The government faces trying to find funding for 300,000 extra undergraduate places in England by 2030 if it is to meet likely future demand for higher education, a new report warns.

Students at English universities are happy for their tuition fees to subsidise their lecturers’ research activities but do not want to subsidise other departments, new research reveals.