Senior academics and politicians have condemned UK universities for failing to tackle endemic racism against students and staff after a Guardian investigation found widespread evidence of discrimination in the sector. More...

“Racism in universities is widespread, widely tolerated and raising it carries considerable risk.” These are the words of a senior lecturer who is one of more than 240 staff and students who contacted the Guardian to share their experiences of racism in the UK higher education sector. More...

Others need to play their part in closing the 13% attainment gap at university, say overworked ethnic minority staff and students. More...

Search for a university to see how many formal complaints were made in the last five years – and how many were upheld. More...

Research shows a trillion trees could be planted to capture huge amount of carbon dioxide. More...

King’s College London has apologised to student activists who were barred from entering the university’s buildings during a visit by the Queen in March, after an inquiry found that security staff “overstepped their authority”. More...

As lecturers, we’re protesting today to persuade the university to pay its PhD teaching staff proper wages. More...

Casual contracts causing extreme levels of personal and financial hardship, union claims. More...

A devout Christian thrown off a university social work course after being accused of posting derogatory comments about gay and bisexual people on Facebook has won the latest round of a legal battle. More...

A “success cartel” of major donor agencies, including the UK government, is exaggerating its impact in the world’s poorest countries, hundreds of researchers have warned. More...