A robot has been used to confer degrees on three students who were unable to attend their graduation ceremony.

A security analysis of cyber-attacks against universities and colleges in the UK has discovered staff or students could often be responsible, rather than organised crime or hacking groups.

A Japanese men's magazine has had to issue an apology after publishing a list ranking universities on how easy it is to convince female students to have sex at drinking parties.

Music teaching could be left behind in an outdated acoustic age if it does not keep up with technology, an in-depth report says.

The TED talk organisers have announced the Audacious Project, a $280m (£215m) prize fund to be shared across eight projects it feels tackle the world's toughest challenges.

Tina Chan developed the PASS Kit after experiencing anxiety and depression while at college. The University of Waterloo in Canada now provides a kit to all first-year students.

Two teams are sharing a $10m (£7.8m) prize for advancing education among some of the world's poorest children.

Consumers who bought ebooks via Microsoft's online store are losing access to their libraries.

A watchdog has penalised a local authority for trialling facial recognition on high-school students in Sweden to keep track of attendance.

The last decade was a big one for artificial intelligence but researchers in the field believe that the industry is about to enter a new phase.