Students

Sources of personal income may dry up as outbreak takes toll on sectors that employ many young people, expert says

Academics report being heckled, undermined and interrupted in book that questions association of loutish conduct exclusively with alcohol and sports teams

Douglas Dowland considers the damage inflicted by the control freaks of the academy – and some of the ways he has found to keep his own inner control freak in line

Robert Zaretsky is troubled by his students’ refusal to see any nuance in a historical text that contains racial slurs  

Student support improving but still lowly ranked, Australian survey finds

Science students may be required to move about 250 miles from current Auckland campus as university attempts to mitigate a contribution shortfall

Australian National University unveils latest assistance package for travel-stymied students

Survey reveals how US universities are managing travel restrictions and test suspensions

Blackwell’s survey also finds that lecturers rate physical books as better tools for learning

Abuse of anonymity is damaging for both academics and students. It should lead to serious consequences, says Stefan Cantore

Conferences and exchanges curtailed as Covid-19 spreads

We should not be apologising for the way the humanities have been used in the Trump era, but striving to harness their force, says Sara Guyer

Minister flags ‘financial fine-tunings’ to ‘squeeze greater productivity out of existing funding’

Review cites repeated failures to help thousands during decades of assaults, despite presence of credible evidence

Analysis of lifetime returns of English undergraduate degrees finds wide variation across subjects

Respite increasingly unlikely as Australia moves into pandemic mode

No obvious solutions in sight as income support levels plummet

Universities Australia conference also hears jurist stress human side of crisis, urging government to establish a ‘special student support fund’

The financial urge to allow Chinese students to begin the new university year must not trump public health concerns, says Salvatore Babones

Exemptions and detours under consideration, as universities and students grapple with open-ended travel bans

Both Beijing and Hong Kong must adjust their approaches and sensibilities to restore confidence and trust in HK universities, argues John Burns

Study of module offered at US university suggests it substantially cut graduates’ emissions compared with those of average citizen

Analysis of National Student Survey results also reveals black students’ doubts about lecturers’ attempts to make subject matter interesting

Stereotyping Chinese students as a threat is as wrong-headed as pretending that there is no problem at all, say Kerry Brown and Ed Byrne

Universities scramble to offer ‘targeted solutions’ for Chinese students stranded by coronavirus

Analysis of responses to major experience survey suggests teaching factors have bigger influence on mental health than student background

Institutional, pedagogical and workload issues more problematic than technological impediments, experts say

If a college education makes people more liberal, it is potentially the best remedy for bigotry, says Kate Eichhorn

‘We’re all in this together’, v-c insists, as universities scramble to teach 100,000 stranded students

Australian university cancels term for up to 10,000 students, saying its timetable will allow them to graduate without delay

While xenophobes get headlines, conservative students show political flexibility

Why is there so little concern about the catastrophic decline in part-time adult learners in England? asks John Butcher

Students tell Australian survey that institutions struggle to find right balance between offering ‘too much and too little’ information

Australian universities face fiscal crisis, as virus chokes off vital revenue stream

Chinese students in New Zealand incensed at mounting costs, while Australian universities criticise ‘disturbing’ detentions

Academics and students at the Higher School of Economics forbidden from disclosing affiliation when engaging in politics 

Data suggest the subject has one of the highest shares of students from other EU nations in UK universities

Lincoln Allison looks back to an age of tougher marking and considers what, if anything, we need to do about the historically inevitable slide towards grade inflation

Institutions remain open while isolating and testing possible cases

India’s students have surprised many observers by standing up together to protest against injustice, says Pushkar

Analysis highlights Australians’ dwindling share of enrolments in their own universities

About 180 students affected by turmoil at Richmond, the American University of London, with some having travelled to the UK before learning of problems

There is evidence of success in changing attitudes, but effects on admissions remain woefully under-explored, says David Robinson

With student debt escalating and concerns persisting that college graduates are not job-ready, increasing numbers of companies are taking the training of their workers in-house. But where does that leave the higher education sector, asks Paul Basken 

Apparently benign aspirations have their historical origins in concern about high levels of admission of certain minorities, says Kate Eichhorn

Questioning the BBC’s agenda in highlighting the problem in Ghana and Nigeria does not make it any less serious, says Eric Fredua-Kwarteng

A ‘deficit-centric discourse’ is obscuring the benefits of partially completed courses, Australian research finds

Yukon University will offer its own degrees and combine Western and Indigenous approaches to science

Mental and financial survival are prioritised, as government and universities chart recovery efforts

Figures mark end of trend that has seen the share of students gaining the top degree class double since 2009-10

International education association considers its frequent flyers footprint, as university representative body joins crisis talks

To preserve its appeal, the subject needs to overcome its reputation as a mere feeder for the oil and gas industries, say four geologists

Education ministry says it will not bend to demands to remove university head, after dozens were injured in attacks

Regulator proposes rules that, if breached, could lead to fines for institutions

Videos document shocking injuries, including to student leader 

Ongoing falls in Australian postgraduate recruitment suggest a trend away from structured education for people in mid-career, says Andrew Norton

Student income support is increasingly insufficient and in urgent need of reform, says Dawn Freshwater

Latest data on income, staff and research funding show the key challenges facing UK higher education in the coming years

The apparently political murder of an undergraduate at a top Bangladeshi university by other students has stunned a nation, writes Nahid Neazy

Universities need to acknowledge, and try to mitigate, the losses experienced by many upwardly mobile students, argues Jennifer M. Morton