Uncertainty surrounds funding of the scheme due to Brexit, but there are alternatives for those who fear they could miss out. More...

Academic and scientific research needs to be accessible to all. The world’s most pressing problems like clean water or food security deserve to have as many people as possible solving their complexities. Yet our current academic research system has no interest in harnessing our collective intelligence. Scientific progress is currently thwarted by one thing: paywalls. More...

King’s College London is to order an independent review of its security procedures after a group of students said they were singled out as troublemakers and barred from campus during a visit by the Queen. More...

The loss of the scheme would be a devastating blow for the social mobility of students from disadvantaged backgrounds. More...

Damian Hinds’ call for PayPal to block transactions with essay-writing firms is to be welcomed (University cheats should be reported by their peers, minister says, 20 March). More...

A professor at an elite US school says an influx of unskilled and entitled students is monopolizing faculty time: ‘They will eat you alive’. More...

Budding female entrepreneurs can overcome the gender funding gap with targeted support from universities. More...

Fraternity has been suspended after video surfaces showing some of its members mocking slavery and using a racial slur. More...

In Scotland, the new middle-class rites of spring are upon us. They may not yet carry the resonance of Glyndebourne, Henley or Royal Ascot but the social and economic implications for thousands of families are quite profound. More...

The first major report into the boost overseas students give the economy found non-UK graduates do not take jobs from local residents, because they largely obtain work in highly qualified areas such as economics or science, or in sectors that suffer acute shortages, such as teaching and nursing. More...