The number of UK higher education institutions vowing to exclude fossil fuel from investments has grown to 43, according to research conducted by student campaign network People & Planet.

The number of Americans looking to study or work in Canada rose sharply after Donald Trump was elected as the next US president.

Thomas More College is pursuing university status to support a growing student population and new academic programs.

The UK government will invest an extra £2 billion per year in research and development by 2020, Prime Minister Theresa May has announced at the Confederation of British Industry’s annual conference.

Approximately 31 million Americans have completed some college credit without earning a degree or credential.

Lawrence Summers disavows term "political correctness"; Columbia president says Trump victory challenges "central idea of a university"; Jewish historians call for support for immigrants; and more.

More than 100 campus leaders urge Trump to take more forceful stand against "harassment, hate and acts of violence."

Senior academics and university administrators offer their top tips on how to ask that awkward question at the end of a job interview

Financial markets stayed closed and aircraft grounded as students in South Korea sat down on Thursday morning for the annual college entrance exam that could make or break their careers.

With their formidable brain power and complex skill sets, academics would seem to have little to fear from the advance of machines now capable of doing certain human jobs.