A decade ago, Amy Carleton, a lecturer in comparative media studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, had a sign in her classroom in capital letters that read: “Wikipedia is not a source”.

There are plenty who think a disconnect exists between academia and the job market; that graduating students in large numbers don’t meet the criteria of today’s workplace.

President resigns; report says accused professor was unprofessional and inappropriate but didn't break the law or university rules; many students and faculty members remain angry.

Most academics will have tales of students coming to them in tears and begging for a deadline extension, or even for their work to be bumped up a grade.

A donation of 100,000 yuan ($15,362) was sent to Zhuanshanbao Primary School in Zhaotong, Yunnan province Wednesday after images of "Snowflake Boy" Wang Fuman drew widespread attention to children from poor rural families.

The class, according to its course description, will confront “white racism and white supremacy.”

The government’s own enforcement of anti-terror strategy Prevent is responsible for a perceived “chilling” of free speech on university campuses, the former leader of the House of Lords has warned.

Co-editors discuss their no-holds-barred dictionary for academic life.

Numerous studies have found that female professors shoulder a disproportionate amount of service work compared to their male peers.

Further evidence of comprehensive school students’ “significant advantage” that makes it more likely that they get a good degree from a UK university compared with similar students from private schools is presented by a new study.