By Ararat Osipian. Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment rarely plays into civil legal disputes in the United States. In most instances, the contenders in civil litigation reach out-of-court settlements. In most cases, there are no punitive damages. Read more...

By Hamish Coates and Gwilym Croucher. At a glance there is plenty of evidence. The city is ranked number two as the best student city, and number five taking research into account. Melbourne is home to upwards of 250,000 tertiary students. International education is the largest export industry in the state and in 2015 it contributed over A$5 billion (US$3.7 billion) to the economy and supported around 40,000 jobs. Read more...

By Jane Duncan. From South Africa to Australia, Canada to India, and Greece to Zimbabwe, students and academics have mounted protests against commodification of universities, leading to spiralling student debt, massive teaching loads, and disempowered faculties. Read more...

By Jan Petter Myklebust. The decision was made by the board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology or EIT – an integral part of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 framework programme for research and innovation – in Budapest, Hungary, on 17 November. Read more...

By Jan Petter Myklebust. Universities should be more ambitious in their strategies to attract and retain international staff, including expanding the use of English at universities, according to a government-funded report by the think tank, DEA. Read more...

By Katherine Knott, The Chronicle of Higher Education. Attending a demonstration in Ferguson, Missouri. Advocating against campus-carry gun laws. Writing about gun violence as a public health issue. Read more...

By Aimee Chung. The Ministry of Education has said the admission of Chung Yoo-ra, the daughter of President Park Geun-hye’s confidante Choi Soon-Sil, to the prestigious Ewha Womans University should be revoked after an investigation found the university had manipulated admissions rules to give Chung a place. Read more...

By Sharon Dell. President Jacob Zuma has appealed for patience while the national fees commission he set up to investigate the feasibility of fee-free higher education concludes its inquiry. Read more...

By Brendan O'Malley. In his Autumn Statement 2016 on Wednesday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a commitment to £2 billion (US$2.5 billion) more spending per year in research and development funding by 2020-21, which he described as a “major increase” in research and development funding for universities and businesses with R&D projects. Read more...

By Mimi Leung. Hong Kong universities, often regarded as outward looking and internationally minded, are not diverse enough, according to a just-released Hong Kong government Audit Commission report. Read more...