Students

Study finds classes can improve students’ chances of getting a graduate job by 40 per cent

Harper Adams tops our annual poll as Cambridge and other top 10 mainstays slide down

Setting pre-seen exams can bring out previously unsuspected abilities among students, say Nicholas Morton and Natasha Hodgson

While learning to work quickly is a useful life skill, a greater gift to students is permitting unhurried excursions and digressions, says Shahidha Bari

Survey reveals Paris is the most popular location among prospective recruits

Academics say students' concerns reflect tense environment on racial issues

If the outcomes of ‘active learning’ are so much better than those for traditional lectures, why stick with the old format? asks Simone Buitendijk

Call to consider faith diversity alongside issues of gender and ethnicity

The Excellence Initiative in Germany and the UK’s TEF may bring only bad news for universities’ reputations, says David Matthews

Universities should consider building ‘families’ of schools and colleges to facilitate easy transfer between different levels of education, says David Phoenix

Presidents agree on need to respond but are warned against being ‘slaves to industry’

Current loan system in US puts high repayment burdens on low-earning graduates, says paper

Economic crisis drives increase in students lingering in higher education

Hesa data show non-continuation rate for disadvantaged students is rising faster

But UUK calls for universities to be given more support over working courses

Cramming study into the shortest possible time will impoverish the student experience and drive an even greater wedge between research-enabled permanent staff and the growing underclass of flexible teaching staff, says Tom Cutterham

Charlotte Evans on East Asia’s growing significance as a hub for international higher education

Giving students who use essay mills a criminal record would impose a punishment that ill fits the crime, writes Daniel Sokol

New table will focus on teaching and learning as well as student success

Some academics and students may choose to move to China over the US, says leading scholar

Report shows majority of international mobility went through EU scheme

On University Mental Health Day, Geoffrey Cantor calls on institutions to significantly expand their mental health provision

Research shows certain online tools can help ‘avoid detection’ by plagiarism checking software

Students will assess how social media feeds influence their views as part of new programme

University announces new initiatives designed to reduce problems around affordability  

New policy may not benefit poorer households, say officials                

But latest figures from the ONS show granting of study visas in UK HE remained stable 

Competitive gaming is gaining mainstream recognition by establishing itself in universities among students and academics

Six academics offer their views on the state of language learning in a populist climate

Analysis shows ‘for first time’ how government visa ‘restrictions’ impact different institutions

Relentless celebration is diluting genuine achievement, affecting students and staff in different ways, writes Peter Larcombe

UK government asks for new guidance to help universities tackle custom essay writing services

Study claims California’s higher education policy environment has led to the ‘stagnation’ of the state’s universities 

Data highlight strength of US-Iran research links while experts stress benefits for American science and economy

Campaigners who want to erase the controversial figures from universities’ pasts are wrong, say Niall McCrae and Roger Watson

University of Hong Kong v-c denies he is ‘heading for a simple life’ as the next head of the University of Edinburgh

Culture bigger draw than academic advancement while most students have safety fears, survey finds

Technology identified by NMC Horizon Report as having ‘potential to enhance’ online learning

Controversial pharmaceutical executive faced protests as he delivered speech

Venture capital fund aims to give students experience of investing 

Academic tutors are most likely to motivate American postgraduates to come to UK, says study

Nottingham Trent head also warns that damage to overseas, EU recruitment will harm quality of education for home students

Respondents to the 2017 THE Teaching Survey give their words of lecturing wisdom

Scholar says campus environments ‘matter more than universities realise’ 

Survey of students across 10 countries suggests handwriting and printed books have advantages over digital materials

Free Speech ranking claims quarter of institutional administrations are ‘actively censoring speech’

But data show applications and enrolments from India and Saudi Arabia have plummeted

Keele University academic argues that the TEF ‘legitimises’ and ‘amplifies subordination’ of overseas students

Border institution co-hosts international conference with US universities as Trump presidency begins

Pearson responds to figures on UK providers by saying it acts when colleges ‘recruit without integrity’

Key research on higher education ‘getting dusty’ on Whitehall shelves, according to former insider

But new Offa guidance appears to stop short of mandating universities to sponsor them

Move aimed at reducing national debt is ‘economic illiteracy’, warns NUS

Researchers in South Africa say focus instead on developing ‘globally competent graduates’ 

Academics think overseas students are unsuccessful at half of important activities, according to research

Key figures from the sector have their say on ‘worrying’ figures

Study finds that students with greater self-belief are less likely to view new cultures as a ‘threatening challenge’

Oxford’s appointment of head of Brexit strategy offers sector food for thought