A third of French universities are charging students illegal fees, F...

Britain's partnership with India on education, research and innovati...

Iranian students hoping to sit English language examinations that op...

Although hailed as an important step towards reining in the 'wild west' practices associated with student loans, Congress' recent financial reform legislation is not seen as going far enough in pro...

The Belgian presidency of the European Union has promised to make research a priority of its six-month period of office, which will run until December. It is calling for a number of changes to mak...

Keen to raise the profile of the European Union's higher education i...

The New Zealand Vice-Chancellors Committee changed its name last week, saying that more than ever before it needed to speak with a unified voice. The new name - Universities New Zealand-Te Pokai Ta...

Only in those countries run by dictators, and where the result of an election is predetermined, could the 'contest' be more boring than the one taking place Down Under. Faced with a new prime minis...

Too much attention has been on how to attract world-class universitie...

More than 70 Iranian graduates have launched a campaign calling for ...

Competition is fierce among researchers for some precious time on th...

The proportion of oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere has varied over the millennia, but until now scientists have had to guess at that proportion using geochemical models. Now a team of British and U...

It's good to get by on less, but the humble orangutan has taken that...

During the six centuries of its storied existence, there was nothing else quite like Nalanda University, writes Andrew Buncombe for The Independent. Probably the first-e...

When Rio de Janeiro became the first Brazilian state to adopt quotas for Afro-Brazilian students in institutions of higher education in 2002, black activists hoped that the country was finally comi...

A new US government report on recruiting techniques in the for-profit higher education industry has found instances of college officials urging applicants to invent children and to hide their savin...

Damian Green, the UK immigration minister, has promised a "thorough evaluation" over the coming months because of what he called "significant abuse" of the student visa system, write Hélène Mulholl...

British students are to be offered up to two years at universities abroad amid government warnings that poor language skills are crippling graduates' job prospects, writes Graeme Paton for ...

Scottish universities are breaking new ground this summer - literally - as work begins on Heriot-Watt's bespoke £35 million (US$55.7 million) campus in the Middle Eastern state of Dubai, writes Jac...

Following months of acrimonious debate, the Ecuadorean congress last week narrowly approved a controversial new higher-education law, according to Ecuadorean news reports, writes Marion Lloyd for ...