Students

Obama Administration’s pivot to Asia ignores the fact that young Americans wishing to study abroad prefer Europe, says Trina Vargo

Technology could be used to encourage undergraduates at risk of spreading virus to stay at home

Some managers take a punitive attitude to academics as a result of the NSS, finds Jo Frankham

GCSE results will become more relevant to the higher education sector as A-level reforms are implemented, says Ross Renton

The full impact of the abolition of the cap on student numbers won’t be felt immediately, suggests Emran Mian

As ministers and schools lose patience with GCSE and A-level grade and fee inflation, Louis Goddard looks to the past for new solutions

Universities believed to be looking to Continent to make up shortfalls in domestic enrolment

Warwick study highlights high dropout rate and queries social mobility benefits

Ditching and devaluing ‘soft’ subjects puts creative arts in jeopardy, warns Sarah Rowlands

Proposal announced by Ministry of Education as the number of international students in the country continues to decline

Body behind the Athena SWAN gender equality initiative names first institutions to receive award to promote racial diversity

All the latest breaking news as students receive their A level results

One in 20 respondents to NUS survey say they would have been better off not going to university 

Government loans may not reverse decline of UK postgraduate numbers, study suggests

Lecturer who masterminded student-run commercial operation Re:So shortlisted for enterprise education award

Postgraduate loans are around the corner; will they drive fees up?

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

Research is pinpointing ways to make feedback more useful to undergraduates and teachers alike. David Carless writes

England urged to learn from country where attrition rates rose after student numbers cap was lifted

Are universities’ recruitment tactics always in the students’ best interests? Robert Allison thinks not

Results could be used as part of teaching excellence framework to determine which universities can charge higher fees

All UK universities ranked from top to bottom based on overall student satisfaction

Study warns universities not to ‘police’ students’ lives and criticises absence of policies on sex work

Sorana Vieru says exams and essays 'privilege' more advantaged students, calls for changes to 'Middle Ages' format

Institutions must adapt as employers shun Ucas points and degrees, says Paul Redmond

Why do we let people get away with it? asks John Field

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

We should pay attention to undergraduates’ physical and mental health, finances, ambitions and expectations, argue David Bell, Marina Della Giusta and Antonia Fernandez

Institute of International Education says there is an increased enthusiasm for academic cooperation between the two countries

Deloitte has identified seven key issues facing higher education in 2015 and beyond. Here are some of the recommendations from the corporate consultancy giant

Study finds that students choose to major in subjects that are ‘more challenging’ in bad economic times

Megan Dunn, NUS president, on the need for universities and students’ unions to work in partnership

Report finds that reassurance about finance made school pupils significantly less likely to want to progress to higher education

Reaction to TES list – as chosen by teachers – is mixed

A. C. Grayling’s ‘Oxbridge-style’ private college strikes agreement with post-92 institution

Independent Commission on Fees concerned by high write-off rate and impact on ‘squeezed middle’

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

University of Witwatersrand describes statements as 'abhorrent' but defends freedom of speech

Improving students’ ‘spiritual and moral growth’ is only solution to growing social barriers in higher education, say scholars

NUS study highlights shortcomings in policies and training to tackle ‘lad culture’

Study finds little difference in levels of inequality in England, US and Australia as privileged families do ‘whatever it takes’ to gain advantage

Glen Wright, from Academia Obscura, explores the more bizarre parts of the academic world

Government attacked by Hepi president for backtracking on pledge to increase loan repayment threshold

Making radios in London Met’s masterclasses gets children on the university wavelength

Epigram editor Zaki Dogliani explores whether students would accept different prices for different courses

As a vague policy commitment moves towards reality, Jack Grove assesses the potential ways and means

Nick Hillman examines the endurance of the boarding school model of higher education

Hefce study shows 132 per cent rise in number of students reporting a mental health problem

Lack of evidence is ‘increasingly untenable’ with TEF gaining traction, says funding council

Report attributes decline to UK government trebling tuition fees 

Law students from the University of Warwick have so far been involved in 36 death penalty cases in the US

New national executive committee perceived as being more left-wing

Review of Destination of Leavers from Higher Education study announced

Institutions expected to assess where and how students might be at risk of being drawn into terrorism

Stina and the Wolf academics enlist students in bid to make first such full-length film from a UK university

Another amusing collection of student slip-ups submitted by Times Higher Education readers

Policies announced in the Budget mean more cash today for the poorest students, but what about tomorrow’s debts? asks Wes Streeting

Funding is at risk now that universities may recruit as many students as they want, Alison Wolf argues

The National Union of Students responds to the axeing of maintenance grants in George Osborne’s Budget

‘Anecdotal evidence has little value’, professor tells UK Council for International Student Affairs conference