By Benedict Carey. In the midst of a debate over scientific misconduct, one of the world’s leading scientific journals on Thursday posted the most comprehensive guidelines for the publication of studies in basic science to date, calling for the adoption of clearly defined rules on the sharing of data and methods. More...

By Abby Jackson. When American politicians laud free college plans overseas, they tend to identify European countries, such as Germany or Sweden, as noteworthy examples.
Not as commonly discussed, Brazil also offers free college to its citizens, and its free colleges are actually more prestigious than the private institutions that charge tuition. More...

By Richard Garner. Universities will be able to raise fees from their record level of £9,000 a year, the Chancellor has declared.
He made it clear that those who could show good quality would be allowed to raise their fees by the level of inflation from the academic year 2017/8. More...

By Aftab Ali. The college and university accommodation crisis in Ireland has become ‘so chronic’ that students are being forced to sleep rough, share a bed with strangers – or give up on studying altogether. More...

By Hans Nicholas Jong. Students are flocking into Islamic-based higher education institutions as the government plans to turn Indonesia into a global center for Islamic study. 
The Religious Affairs Ministry, in charge of managing Islamic higher education institutions, said on Thursday that the number of applicants taking the entrance exam for public Islamic universities grew 10 percent to 77,224 people compared with last year. More...

By Geoff Maslen. The intelligence of animals can be estimated by the size of the holes in the skull which the arteries pass through, according to novel research by biologists at the University of Adelaide. Read more...

By Brendan O’Malley. School education should be used as a recruiting ground for foreign students to secure higher education enrolments, according to a Victoria government paper published last Tuesday. Read more...

By Richard Garrett. In March of 2015, Universities Australia, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and a number of other organisations launched a national strategy for work-integrated learning. Read more...