Students

Focusing on the quality of in-person teaching is only one way to make returning to physical campuses more appealing, says Carolyn Evans

Swinburne abruptly terminates 30 per cent fee reductions for foreigners who fall foul of ‘gotcha’ clauses

‘Engine of social mobility’ outlines recipe for success: timely, personalised support delivered at scale

While faculty, students and politicians protest, biggest US four-year system notes that it remains major bargain by nationwide measures

Hepi report warns of ‘cost-of-learning’ crisis and finds significant variation in value of hardship funds

University of Southern Queensland head makes case for teaching students in remote towns regionally to keep them and their skills in the community

Australian sector denies accusations of inadequate support, but says it can never do ‘enough’

Just 0.4 per cent of student populations at elite universities have experienced being in care, finds new report

‘Punitive’ requirements could make admissions from under-represented groups too risky, Australian university representatives warn

For university students, living matters as much as learning. Piling pressure on local private rental markets helps no one, says Lorna Fox O’Mahony

University educators may not fully understand generative AI or its long-term impact on society, but they must seek to integrate the technology into degree courses, says Stephanie Marshall

Litigation over lockdown-affected degrees has highlighted how unfair contracts favouring universities offer scant consumer protection to students, say David Palfreyman and Dennis Farrington

Leading institution joins peers in permitting students to take leave without proof of illness

Those with passionate convictions must be willing to concede their arguments may be flawed or even wrong if useful debate is to happen on campus, says UCL president Michael Spence

Faculty member shot dead at UNC, gunman chased from Florida HBCU kills three black shoppers, student dies trying wrong house

One in five waiting more than a year for doctoral visas despite claims processing times have been speeded up

Remodelling engineering degrees to include rewilding and ecological restoration would benefit students, society and the planet, says Paul Jepson

With housing shortages at crisis levels, including on campuses, Trudeau minister suggests placing limits on country’s burgeoning international sector

While sector welcomes changes to be rolled out ‘imminently’, subsequent reforms could prove less popular

Limits on free speech, funding cuts and political appointments at public universities risk squandering a golden opportunity to create a thriving higher education system, says Saikat Majumdar

‘Glass ceiling’ still prevents low-income students from reaching top institutions, says researcher

Highly regarded institutions lag behind others on overall student positivity due to low scores in section that looked at views on assessment

Possibility of tensions flaring again on first anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death sparks attempts to keep students away from campuses

Leading US public system eyes legal loophole to help children of illegal arrivals but offers no guarantees scheme will come to fruition

Institutions face stiff fines and worse for breaches in student support policies, as government courts sceptical opposition

Freedom of speech and student welfare concerns are also likely to influence whether staff flag potential extremism to authorities, says major study

With 55,000 missing predicted grades, universities looking to fill places via clearing hope to convince those who missed out to recalibrate 

From Coldplay to Queen, the world’s biggest bands often meet as students – yet universities are seldom mentioned in song. Jeremy Clay ponders why and unearths some lost exemplars – including a long-lost Dutch psychedelic paean to the University of Leicester

The Ucas data also shows that the number of international students accepted on to courses also fell

As part of Biden-endorsed response to Supreme Court ban on race-based preferences, Ivy League elite requires applicants to describe life experiences

Transferable allowances could bring students clarity and flexibility as they become ‘customers who can make demands’, but some worry about workability and vesting unprecedented powers in landlord-presidents

‘Absolutely not’ the case that home undergraduate places are being constrained, says outgoing head of admissions service

First-ever federal exemption under 1972 anti-discrimination law clears path for Baylor University to escape sanctions from students claiming abuse

The mutual suspicion of autonomous bureaucracies ignores the multifarious needs of living, learning, maturing young people, says Harvey Graff

Following the removal of a question on overall satisfaction, Times Higher Education analysed the results to produce an overall ‘positivity measure’

Almost nine in 10 respondents say they feel free to express themselves on campus in response to new question

As many as one in three school-leavers in England could stay at home when they start university, study suggests

A second year of falling entry rates for UK 18-year-olds would be ‘a seismic moment for the sector’, admissions experts predict

Australian survey points to high degree of financial self-reliance among incoming students, along with amorphous fears about the future

Sector doubles down on tolerance agenda to pre-empt violence on campuses

While Australian government earns gratitude for quick implementation of ‘priority’ reforms, expert warns of ‘bureaucracy’ burden

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