Students

Freedom of Information request reveals that UK university leavers earning below the annual repayment threshold handed over £102.5 million last year

Various methods exist to help students decide which courses will pay off, but all should be taken with a grain of salt, say David Levy and Harvey Graff

Once-in-a-generation review aims to massify a massified system, just as students question the cost-benefit equation

While Treasury’s effort to look beyond economics boasts just a handful of education metrics, O’Kane panel has been asked to change that

Shortly after US Supreme Court rejects sweeping debt forgiveness plan, administration embarks on new attempt using different legal basis

Judge blocks attempts to force breach of contract claim to be dealt with by OIA as more than 100,000 students plan similar action

Surveys suggest concern about student borrowing transcends age and political divides

When faced with a real, full-bore crisis, this generation of supposed snowflakes just got on with it and coped better than I did, says Joe Moran

Based solely on a Turnitin report, Emily was condemned for using ChatGPT to write her essay. Except that she hadn’t, writes Daniel Sokol

‘Seat scalpers’ and institutions put a price tag on their workspaces, sparking debate about fairness

Nearly one in three UK university applicants had mental health-related school absences, survey finds

Universities UK taskforce expected to report its findings later this summer

Committee wants bystander training as regulatory condition and calls universities’ use of NDAs to silence victims in sex cases ‘disgraceful’

Investing in structures and processes that allow students and staff to develop their own relationships is the best way to avoid woolly diversity work, conference hears

For some students, a little more understanding of their difficult individual circumstances goes a very long way, says Hannah Forsyth

Australia is top-performing nation for first time in five years, while the United Arab Emirates is on the rise

Researchers recommend training after survey also finds that while four in 10 respondents are uncomfortable about staff getting drunk with students, three in 10 don’t mind

Trump-appointed conservative supermajority rules that $400 billion forgiveness plan stretched intent of emergency relief

The Nottingham Trent vice-chancellor discusses using data to support students, avoiding strike action and why diversity conversations are too focused on Oxbridge

Figures show that 2.1 per cent of all students withdrew from their studies by end of May 

While college press has a special place in the nation’s psyche, a legal ‘loophole’ leaves it exposed

Major annual survey finds marked increase in timetabled classes post-pandemic, with most being held in-person again

The shocking loss of two students’ lives in Nottingham attacks is a sharp reminder of the precious individuals behind the data

Helping students learn is core to universities’ missions, but the buzz phrase ‘student success’ has come to designate something more. Exactly what, though, remains contested, and its pursuit has exposed age-old tensions between academics and administrators. Sara Custer reports 

Young people with asylum status say they struggle to get admissions teams to understand immigration rules and recognise their academic track records

Study finds that students experienced psychological distress levels more than three times worse than before the pandemic

Tsinghua vice-president Bin Yang outlines how the nation’s rapid digital development is evolving to boost the quality and accessibility of education and to give the world a window on China

Acting vice-chancellor urges staff to end refusal to assess work due to ‘enormous’ impact on students, including nine out of 10 postgraduates

Learners must beware of ‘slick-talking agents’ and should get help from staff at their universities, says academic

Name, image and likeness ruling leads to stampede for student athletes to cash in, plus ‘pay-to-play’ recruiting war

English sector regulator in touch with agency that tracks down ‘rogue traders’ over consumer protections for students

Statement says university staff ‘shocked and devastated’ by news

Biden ends months-long Republican showdown by accepting budgetary freeze that will tighten institutions’ budgets and likely hurt students with the greatest need

Australian government advised to ban agents from taking commission for recruiting foreign students already in country and to ‘link’ visas to institutions

Parents have been misled by UK universities about the support available to students, and Parliament must intervene, says Lee Fryatt

Academics worry that more middle-class families will reconsider university as usefulness of degrees cast into doubt

Notwithstanding their financial reliance on foreigners, universities down under must consider the ‘value proposition’ for the students

Minister announces new measures during Westminster Hall debate called in response to bereaved parents’ petition

Aligning Kurdistan’s higher education system with European norms has given hope to Iraq’s students, but international help is still needed, say Aram Mohamad Qadir and Amanj Saeed

Proposed fee hike would signal shift away from generous state funding to ‘joining the club’ and using overseas students for income generation, scholars say

A court has sentenced 18 elite fraternity members to fines and community service for roles in reckless ritual

Having discussed the gender critical philosopher’s work with students, it’s hard to accept her gloomy assessment of silenced people, says Tony Lang

Party commits to reforming incoming student loan changes, claiming they will ‘eat away at pay’ for graduates

Mandatory unpaid work experience that forms part of nursing and teaching degrees in Australia plunges students into ‘placement poverty’, Queensland forum hears

With federal budgets under pressure from inflation and energy costs, universities must balance funding exchange projects versus increasing EU collaborations

Issue was not a problem before inflation started sky-rocketing but has now led to calls for system to be overhauled

First new college in half century at UC Berkeley reflects a nationwide effort to meet relentless rise in student interest in computing

Takeover of private institution by larger public one ‘holds lessons’ for sectors haemorrhaging students due to demographic decline

UQ flags new residential complex as accommodation council urges students to ‘pounce’ on mid-year vacancies

Senators hear that a waiting period for pregnancy coverage is endangering mothers and babies

Revised conditions that will force universities to store millions of old essays and assignments will cost millions of pounds in annual running costs, say experts

As Universities Accord shines a spotlight on equity, new research finds that the most propitious pathway is little trodden

But young carers with degrees are more likely to be in work than carers without degrees, study finds

Doubts over effectiveness fail to douse enthusiasm from duelling governments and businesses

Australian universities outside cities say building more accommodation will help students and local communities

Economist Nicholas Barr, whose research shaped Labour’s 2006 fee policy, says mixed graduate tax and loan system can fix funding crisis

Flagship programme that places graduates in local schools to teach faces uncertain future as participation dwindles

Rapid growth of country’s universities and inadequate teaching have short-changed students, according to scholars

A misinformed rush to churn out employable graduates combined with a zero-sum budgeting approach is denuding other departments, says Harvey Graff

Amid speculation that visas for dependants will be restricted, new report finds that students from overseas contribute £560 per citizen