Students

Hepi study calls for debate on the purpose and value of the UK’s costly system of residential universities

The ongoing wave of student protests is testing the diplomacy skills of the territory’s vice-chancellors to the limits. But is it possible to keep the peace on campus and maintain good relations with the Hong Kong and Chinese governments while maintaining unrestricted freedom of speech, asks Joyce Lau

Police use tear gas on campus for first time since protests began

A quarter of universities doing only bare minimum to help registration as general election looms, survey suggests

The Australian National University’s rejection of massification will reap rich rewards for its students, says Brian Schmidt

Schools in Vietnam need to recruit careers advisers – but their advice should be aimed primarily at parents, says Matthew Edward

International students have long been central to American research, innovation and knowledge exchange. Yet today a combination of changing legislation, regulation and attitudes is excluding many and creating a hostile environment for many more, while increasing the administrative burden on universities. Here, three experts consider the costs

Researcher says experiment demonstrates that students mistake benefits of technology for increase in ‘internal ability’ to solve problems 

Less than half of undergraduates now spend 11 or more hours a week in classes, according to Advance HE study

Too many institutions, however, don’t properly serve them, advocates warn

US governing board bends as pressure builds after California showdown

Constant checks on their presence and bureaucratic curbs on their movement leave international students feeling like security threats, says Alexander Mack

If a Canadian programme’s success rates are replicated in the US, it must be adopted, says John Banzhaf

Part-time learners in the UK much less likely to get a first or 2:1

A single test per state could help tackle India’s costly and complex admissions system, says Sanjay Mishra

The Equality and Human Rights commission’s latest report is just the latest to reinforce what we already know about the extent of racism in UK HE, says Ilyas Nagdee 

Tensions between Hong Kong and mainland China students play out at universities

Criticism grows as the government is accused of causing ‘unforgiveable havoc’ amid protests  

Statistical limitations of results likely to be exacerbated by widening of questionnaire beyond final-year undergraduates, warns researcher

OfS plan comes as v-c warns government focus on graduate earnings value will ‘downgrade’ excellent universities beyond London

A post-qualification admissions system will pose logistical challenges, but they must be overcome, says Michelle Morgan

Increasing numbers of students are seeking counselling, suffering from depression and even feeling suicidal. Jason Murugesu urges universities to put much stronger systems in place to provide essential backup for teaching staff

Experts sceptical of free-college methods, but welcome party-wide commitment for 2020 poll

Australian research highlights contrasting motivations of students and their parents, and the need to appeal to both groups

The volatility of current affairs means that the old certainties about how to identify receptive markets are gone, says Anna Esaki-Smith

Despite administrator concern, law enacted as matter of gender and financial fairness

Paula Sussex prioritises improving communication and technology

Hepi poll finds students show little preference for £7,500 fee above £9,250 status quo, casting doubt on electoral benefit of plan

Number of undergraduates disclosing mental health condition has more than doubled in four years, Advance HE data show

UUK report says progress in implementing new guidance on handling complaints has been more mixed

Universities should offer a safety net for recent graduates forced into menial work by financial circumstances, says Roy Celaire

Trump administration defied court order to protect former for-profit students

Main political parties take different approaches to improving affordability of higher education

US study reveals that it’s not just a matter of how much sleep learners get – when they go to bed matters, too

Universities rightly make every effort to protect learners’ feelings. But what about teachers’ feelings, asks Alice Wickenden 

New law envisages broad shake-up to benefit minorities, with full effects tough to predict

Sheffield research finds students who have been in care need better emotional and financial support at university

Results of early assignments can make or break students’ determination to continue their studies, Australian research suggests

Decline of for-profits helps, but ethnic minorities and low income students still in trouble

Cornell, New Mexico and Morehouse schemes highlight importance of debate at federal level, say experts

As governments around the world increasingly look to follow US states’ lead and link university funding to the recruitment, retention and employability of students, Paul Basken surveys the results of the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education US College Rankings 2020 for clues about the strategy’s effectiveness 

Weeks after Trump vow to strengthen HBCUs, key Republican senator causes row by tying funding to wider HE legislation

University study centre ‘positive’ on Islam but not Christianity, objects senior Department of Education official

Australian study also finds that dodgy agents are exploiting a migration advice ‘loophole’

President Bolsonaro’s education cuts and opposition to racial quotas will hit current policies, says Marry Ferreira

Episode spotlights concerns for safety of scholars who visit repressive regimes

France’s president responded to the gilets jaunes movement with a surprise plan to abolish the grande école ENA, reigniting debate about the country’s intensely hierarchical higher education system. John Morgan explores what lies behind the proposal and what it says about the role of exclusive institutions in a populist, anti-elitist age

Trump adviser plans multi-agency tour of universities confused by crackdown

Nearly one in five first-year UK undergraduates tell Unite Students survey that they have a mental health condition

Contrition helps actress who paid to get answers changed on her daughter's SAT

Free of Communist-era secretiveness, the new president might be willing to tackle abuses of power on campus, says Ararat Osipian

Monash union election called off at last minute following criticism

Departure is latest example of intermittent campus disruption from broader protest movement

Caitlin Zaloom considers how we can prevent escalating fees from tying students to their parents well into adulthood

International students want to know that they are studying in a country that can set them up for a successful career, says Seema Kennedy

Recent clashes over Hong Kong and Tiananmen Square have strained universities’ diplomatic sinews, says Roger Smyth

Other universities could face protests if they do not address racial disparities, says campaigner

Chinese students’ misunderstanding of their host society thwarts their efforts to integrate in Australia, says academic

Exam invigilator Helen Soteriou reveals the elaborate schemes devised by students seeking to cheat on their tests

Students schedule their own classes in protest theory, political history and martial arts