Students

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

Academics are not always most sympathetic to effortlessly successful ‘super-smart’ students

Inequality remains a pernicious problem at our elite universities. Failure to tackle it will have negative consequences for individuals and society at large

It has been a tough year for higher education, but we must not forget how universities transform their students’ life chances, says Maddalaine Ansell

Wales will become the first system in Europe to offer equivalent maintenance support to full-time and part-time undergraduates, as well as postgraduates, explains Kirsty Williams  

Hefce analysis finds that UK graduates cope better with divorce, ill-health and unemployment than non-graduates 

Just 18 per cent of undergraduates said they were interested in studying overseas

But proportion of care leavers entering higher education is double previous estimate, according to first comprehensive study on issue 

Former scholars at Cedarville University say staff are ‘terrified of losing their jobs’ after being told to avoid referencing ‘immoral’ artwork

Texas higher education commissioner expresses concern about male graduate and enrolment rates

Robert Nelsen reflects on concerns for DACA students and importance of diversity

With part-time student numbers through the floor, the time has come for reform, says David Latchman

But sector calls for progress on plan to grow overseas student numbers and publication of immigration White Paper

The former higher education minister on why the English sector must keep growing, the ‘barbarism’ at the heart of the schools system and how to tackle negativity about universities

Sally Everett explains how her institution used low-cost and creative measures to transform its support services

If the Office for Students ever intervenes over freedom of speech, it will only be to widen it, says Michael Barber

Faith in private-sector innovation has driven Conservative reforms under both Willetts and Johnson – but is that really what universities need?

Amount of time spent learning in and out of class declines, HEA survey says

Interviews with students and graduates in China ‘raise serious doubts’ about role of higher education in achieving cohesion

A single, comprehensive policy and funding infrastructure for UK tertiary education would empower learners and encourage innovation, say Paul Woodgates and Mike Boxall

PhD failure can have disastrous consequences for overseas students bonded to their funders, says Andrew George

University of Westminster music academic on fighting with punks, boosting Peter Andre’s career and pioneering ‘classical reggae’

Academic warns universities need to take impact of accent on credibility seriously as it has ‘demotivated’ overseas lecturers

‘The country wants systemic change’, says Labour MP, predicting possible Commons inquiry on access

Office for Students’ Nicola Dandridge urges sector to help shape new powers, to avoid ‘unintended consequences’

Universities cite concerns around US’ social and political climate in IIE study

If members of a jury can understand ‘beyond reasonable doubt’, then so too can university panels, says Daniel Sokol

UUK International wants every UK university to join its ‘Go International’ campaign, but institutions find it hard to get students to participate in overseas schemes, says Rachael Pells

Vice-chancellors must make a sustained commitment to cultural change to ensure that violence, harassment and hate crime on campus are things of the past, writes Janet Beer

Georgetown project shows that it’s not just students but also the ‘grown-ups’ in society who are struggling to find right balance, says director

Universities grew income from apprenticeships, traineeships and adult education budget to £32m last year

Australian students in NZ may not benefit from Labour's fees-free policy

University president says students must create ‘a new culture’ at the institution 

The psychology professor on students’ mindsets, nine-day weeks and thinking in the bath 

Institutions are working to increase participation by native peoples and awareness of their scholarly contributions. Ellie Bothwell reports

Research is paid for by legerdemain, and we should be honest about it if we want to correct funding imbalances and treat students fairly

US scholars' tendency to award extra credit for attending non-core lectures hastens the academy's slide into transactionalism, says Robert Zaretsky 

Home secretary said to be seeking to avoid government defeat on post-Brexit immigration bill

Lifelong learning, real-world experience and a focus on ‘uniquely human attributes’ are key to preparing students for the future, says Joseph Aoun

A recent wave of commentators have been disparaging universities and painting all who work in them as complicit in a fraud. Philip Cowan examines their case

The former chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley explains how he navigated protests from both the Left and Right, and threatening tweets from President Trump

Paris and Brussels are now taking legal action against sites critics accuse of 'pimping'

Campus protests promoted by controversial speakers also viewed as very negative but relatively low impact, survey finds

Kingsley Purdam on the relentless need to gather feedback – and why the results of doing so are not always of much value

At the University of Hamburg, new rules leave it up to lecturers to decide whether the full face veil disrupts their teaching

Hefce analysis reveals extent of first-year retakes and transfers in England

King’s College London professor says current loans system means most young people feel they have ‘no choice but to go to university’

Internet entrepreneurs will not rest until they have made physical universities obsolete, predicts Glyn Davis

CU Boulder president also urges expansion of student Pell Grants to middle class in future

Sixty-five students expelled or given suspensions in three years

Sino-American University aims to offer liberal arts education that will help students ‘respond to the challenges of new technologies’