Students

Policy welcome, but Japan ‘must address uncertainty’ around future Covid waves, academics say

While Covid may have ushered record numbers of Australians to university, a chipper labour market is luring them away again

Dearth of data undermines understanding of cancel culture and other campus codes of silence

Change is finally beginning to happen across higher education but campaigners say structural change is needed, not sticking plasters

Survey finds UK undergraduates appear a lot less supportive of free speech than they were six years ago

Once lauded as engines of social mobility, American universities are increasingly perceived as widening social and economic injustices. Matthew Reisz speaks to two academics whose new book lays bare the extent of the problem and the potential solutions

The UK’s National Union of Students is 100 years old. But as students around the world focus on single-issue campaigns and relations with governments crumble amid mutual disdain, questions abound about what comes next for organisations that ‘you would have to invent if they didn’t already exist’

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse chancellor discusses the importance of role models for students, his approach to hiring top staff and how he has stayed in the role for 15 years

Funding boost for new partnerships to ensure those moving to a new location get the help they need

It matters that non-donating alumni are missing out on much of the aftercare value they could be receiving, say Andy Shaindlin and David Williams

Relatively benign system under strain from soaring inflation, fee hikes and reduced repayment thresholds

Australian research highlights need for more than a front-end focus on boosting diversity

IFS says continued use of out-of-date inflation predictions to set living cost loans makes ‘no sense at all’

In largest such use of criminal laws, dozens from University of New Hampshire – including witnesses who did not report – face prosecution after single hazing incident

Maximum interest rate capped at 7.3 per cent, down from expected 12 per cent

Our higher valuation of scarce commodities and our aversion to losing things we value now play in digital education’s favour, suggests Paul Penn

Major survey finds most UK undergraduates hear wide variety of opinions shared on campus and share their views freely

Global survey conducted by THE finds far fewer students turning up and engaging in lectures and seminars

The Princeton University president discusses the oversimplification of the free speech debate and his personal journey of discovery kicked off by his son’s school project 

Universities ‘must protect’ students’ right to protest, says student union leader

Helping students is not just about securing more counsellors and money for mental health support, according to bereaved family

Eye-popping results from Australian study warrant complete overhaul of how teaching subsidies are distributed, researchers say

From hundreds of complaints over virtual teaching, a pattern of deference to institutions, except for those that had long discounted the format

Amid continuing border restrictions and geopolitical uncertainty, experts examine whether an increase in intra-Asian student mobility remains a realistic prospect

The Fujita Health University president discusses shrinking birth rates, Japan‘s medical school scandal and why more Japanese students should study abroad

Mahidol University is focusing on nurturing academic talent and introducing more flexible education in a bid to attract a wider pool of students, says its president Banchong Mahaisavariya

A US university’s requirement of 10 in-person office hours per week is an anachronistic sales pitch, says Jonathan Beecher Field

Every institution in England to draw up a policy, with sector response coordinated by new working group

Student protests ‘historically have ominous portents’ for country, scholar warns

Boost to teaching subsidies will not keep pace with inflation, critics warn

As Biden nears issuing new regulations for adjudicating abuse complaints, nation’s top court considers case that could bring new conservative legal standard

The president of Dillard University says that historically black colleges and universities do a better job than the Ivy League

Interactions with his student neighbours have convinced Harvey Graff that they crave a supportive, broadly based, interactive education

UK’s national student union left out in the cold over antisemitism allegations

Institutions appear unaware of severity of problem due to paucity of survey data and lack of on-campus advisory efforts, UCLA researchers find

Even students who have spent many years in UK secondary schools struggle to make the transition, says Pat Moores

Country’s universities have ‘a lot of catching up to do’ despite two-month reprieve

The vice-chancellor of McGill University reflects on her nine years leading one of Canada’s top universities as she prepares to step down

Study highlights significant under-reporting of anxiety and stress, with male and ethnic minority learners among least likely to seek help

Study finds getting a degree reduces authoritarianism and racial prejudice and increases economic right-wing attitudes

Less than 5 per cent of medical students on indentureship deal have fulfilled obligations to work outside cities

Ombudsman says difficulties finding alternative remedies during pandemic partly to blame for £1.3 million bill

Education Department admits data-diverting code in federal aid website, toughening politics for institutional performance monitoring

The King’s College London president says universities are ‘not in any way toxic places’

Higher education is key to reassessing who we are as a nation and why we’re tolerating such extreme division and deception, says Vincent Rougeau

Other institutions likely to follow in steps of University of Hong Kong if motion passes, say observers

THE survey finds that applicants are using sustainability over other factors to decide where to ultimately enrol

Government must do more to fast-track visas for talent, says top Indian official

Campaigners say English legislation unlikely to result in many prosecutions but will change student outlook on essay mills

In hesitancies on student aid and loan forgiveness, Biden and allies may be missing major opinion shift, authors warn

The president of Seoul National University discusses the existential crisis facing higher education in South Korea

A core principle of the SDGs is to ‘leave no one behind’. Joseph Wong explains how a global alliance based at Toronto is empowering students to lead the charge

Such an approach will help institutions rebuild their covenant with communities, say Robert Griew and Ian Anderson

Commentators warn that history could repeat itself as uncapped work rights linger for at least a semester

Department for Education looking at its relationship with NUS and at body’s charitable status, says Nadhim Zahawi

All 45 Indian public universities to admit students on basis of one exam, prompting concerns over diversity and institutional autonomy

Singaporean students are focused on grades, but their skills and attitudes are just as important for their success, says Thanusha Raj

Doxa editor Armen Aramyan discusses year-long house arrest, narrowing academic freedom and the future of Russia’s independent media

Systems have the data to track students, the leverage to facilitate collaboration and the authority to create transfer policies, says Nancy L Zimpher

While staff hostility towards philanthropically backed humanities courses has not abated, entry and satisfaction scores suggest students take a different view