Students

Threats to dock pay from university staff working only their hours during the USS pensions dispute ignore academics’ unpaid hours, says Will Pooley

The University of Essex’s vice-chancellor explains why he disagrees with Universities UK’s position on USS pension reform

Making arts and humanities degrees cheaper than science courses would be 'cultural heresy' and 'economic barbarism', argues the University of Hertfordshire's vice-chancellor Quintin McKellar

Sheffield Hallam University's vice-chancellor Chris Husbands explains why cutting tuition fees would harm social mobility and why variable fees are also a bad idea

Ahead of the prime minister’s speech on reforming university funding, Charles B. W. Prince suggests four routes to improving student finance

Class on ‘science of positive psychology’ becomes university’s most popular course

The concept of the graduate career is breaking down as university leavers spread across the employment spectrum, says Gerbrand Tholen

Pontifical Bolivarian University told students not to ‘distract’ classmates and teachers with low necklines, short skirts or tight-fitting clothes

Compound interest rates of 6.1 per cent on student loans are unfair and create a debt trap responsible for today’s worsening mental health crisis, says Estelle Clarke

After writing The War on the Old, UCL professor turns to The War on the Young

Successful trials of a robot tutor should encourage universities to ask which roles can never be replaced by artificial intelligence, argues Robert MacIntosh

Universities must resist the urge to make knee-jerk cuts after disappointing application numbers – better times are on the horizon and we must be prepared, says Zahir Irani

Brexit cheerleader criticises excessive regulation and downplays scuffle at student event

New Office for Students guidance hints at a more adversarial approach to sector that most wish to avoid, says Gill Evans

Japan and South Korea latest countries to sign Tokyo Convention, which supports the mobility of students and academics across the region

Taif University lifts consent rule for female students in wake of royal decree

Universities must dramatically increase their levels of technical training to close the skills gap and deliver social justice, says Robert Halfon

But sophisticated New Zealand analysis also belies assumption that highly educated international students are most likely to find local employment, says Roger Smyth

It is incumbent on the government to help build better ties between companies such as Google and the university sector, says Alex Acland

Universities South Africa head says it is too early to say whether institutions will successfully roll out new system

University of Leeds study finds many undergraduates have never heard of term, or ‘trigger warnings’

Not every course takes three years to complete, says Charles Prince, so we must look at ways to deliver accelerated programmes

Researchers identify lack of clarity around the role of academics, with some performing tasks they are not trained to do, putting both them and the student at risk

Barring controversial speakers has a long heritage and the Office for Students should be very wary of cracking down on it, argues Evan Smith

Shift towards greater accountability comes as Trump administration moves in opposite direction

Unconditional offers harm A-level performance, but contextual offers do not – and they better target social mobility, says John Law

Presidential elections are looming, but government pressure on universities should ensure that students pose no threat to the ruling regime, says Ararat Osipian

Hotbed of student protest may struggle in future because of lack of interest in committee roles

Companies blame a ‘social shift’ for young people viewing campus as their only option, but others see positives in student boom

Three student candidates deemed 'appointable' to regulator's board were overlooked in favour of engineering undergraduate

Mary Visser asks if universities are delivering for people born in the late 1990s

Thomas Curran looks at what lecturers can do to help when faced with students presenting perfectionistic tendencies

Researchers have linked the rise in unrealistic expectations among students with the rise in mental health issues

Latest Hesa data show that share of students with top degree has risen significantly since 2012-13

Chancellor of world’s biggest higher education system sees Trump immigration plan as ‘antithesis’ of American values

How can more degrees be the solution to urban deprivation when poor areas offer no graduate careers? asks Robert Hesketh

The Office for Budget Responsibility’s methodology is of incredibly low quality, says Nick Hillman

Jo Johnson’s support for free expression unravels when it comes to Palestine, says Jonathan Rosenhead

College sport is deeply woven into US culture and commerce. But a long series of scandals has pointed the glare of publicity away from the basketball courts and football fields towards the athletics programmes themselves. Jon Marcus reports

A precise breakdown of foreign learners’ contributions to all areas and sectors of British life could help finally move the group out of the net migration count

New higher education bill would increase cost of university and likelihood of scams, say experts

Most human beings think well enough, and students are no exception. They just need help to express it within academic conventions, says Stuart Wrigley

The uncapped system had many benefits but its cost was ultimately too high for politicians to bear, writes Andrew Norton

After the twin shocks of Brexit and Trump, Patrick McGhee can only guess what the next 12 months will bring. Are you ready for peer-reviewed tweets, TEF results determined by University Challenge, and ‘lyecturers’ for hire?

The appointment of Young to the OfS board is upsetting but unsurprising, says Lisa Mckenzie

Concerns raised over moves to ‘mute’ students’ union and potential for far-Right figures on university boards

UUK chief executive Alistair Jarvis outlines how he hopes the HE sector will work with the new OfS

The past year has seemed one of almost daily shocks and surprises for higher education, which THE has divulged, documented and dissected

Thousands more gain finance for study from student loans board after appeals

Chris Parr reveals the 25 Times Higher Education stories that received the most views during the last 12 months

Hepi/YouthSight poll finds 68 per cent of students now back the party, up from 55 per cent prior to June’s general election

Conversion course costs have hit social mobility in legal profession, leading QC warns

The rapid increase in the number of unconditional offers being made to school-leavers is cause for concern, says Mike Nicholson

MPs also hear Lord Browne say government changes to his review’s system meant ‘it started not working’

Minerva uses test scores to argue that its programmes give students lead in cognitive skills

Although satisfaction and learning are not the same thing, universities need to be better at explaining the value that they bring, says Will Pooley

There are many hidden costs associated with PhD study, writes Alfredo Cumerma, particularly if you want to land that dream job on graduation

Students do not have enough information to make choices about degrees, says watchdog

Metal artwork by British artist Matthew Ellis accompanies concrete phallus on French campus

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media