Minorities make up the majority of the latest group of US college students to be named Rhodes scholars, and the class includes the first transgender woman selected for the prestigious program. More...

Report singles out Britain for ‘unprecedented levels of collaboration’ with China’s military. More...

Lecturers and other workers begin eight-day action over pay and pensions. More...

This week, staff in 60 universities across the UK will take part in a strike led by the University and College Union (UCU). Their choice to strike has the full support of the National Union of Students (NUS) – but not all students have come out in favour of the action. More...

We want to hear from both academic staff and students who are being affected by the industrial strike action. More...

The market model in higher education has created an intellectual precariat who are right to fight back. More...

The Chinese government has dismissed allegations of espionage in Australia – including plans to install a pro-Beijing plant in parliament – as “nothing but lies”, insisting “China doesn’t interfere in other countries’ internal affairs”. More...

There have been times in the past few years when this veneration has been tested. The government’s decision in 2012 to raise tuition fees and cut grants delivered a shock to the OU’s business model, which relied on mature and part-time students. Mature students proved reluctant to take on a debt they would have little time to repay and the financial model did not easily support part-timers wanting to dip in and out of learning. More...

Union calls for nationwide demonstrations follow Anas K gesture on poverty. More...

Universities abound with renting horror stories. But a new rate-your-accommodation site could give power back to tenants. More...