Students

The president of Harvey Mudd College discusses smashing glass ceilings and how to get more women into STEM subjects 

Graduates facing interest rate ‘rollercoaster ride’ in coming years unless changes are made to the way cap is implemented, Institute for Fiscal Studies says

With emphasis on research commercialisation and limited gains in aid, higher education senses lost opportunity in Liberal-NDP team

Makers of upcoming computer game say the familiarity of campus life provides fertile ground for affectionate parody

Staff scour social media to root out dissidents, with escalation of penalties meant to silence students

Universities minister says government may suspend engagement with National Union of Students in light of recent allegations

Student body president concedes academic value, for most black students, outweighs the problems causing many faculty to leave, but calls for stronger leadership

Government ‘shifts blame’ for visa overstayers to universities, in blow to regional institutions wrestling with declining domestic population

Amid election-year debate on college costs, Biden extends pause on federal loan repayments and wipes away records of past defaults

Iran’s universities have thrived despite the country’s sanctions, which could soon be lifted – but nation still beset by lack of postgraduate opportunities, scholars say

Labyrinthine university administration is causing unnecessary stress for scholars and students but beware red tape cutbacks, says Maree Martinussen

Michelle Donelan ‘disgusted’ by claim student was threatened with expulsion if she spoke out

Researchers warn of ‘impending public health issue’ as excessive demands placed on students to excel

Campuses almost devoid of people nevertheless remained hotbeds of sexual harassment and assault

Ukraine war focuses attention on future of island and role of universities in defence

Berkeley dormitory crisis offers broad warning that higher education won’t meet equity goals if students have no place to live

Huge national survey finds that half of students know little or nothing about formal reporting mechanisms

Potential for ‘mass cancellation of gap years’ in rush for 2022 entry as finance expert warns 2023 starters could face huge hike in costs

University leavers jumped 40 per cent in 2021, according to government figures

Long-standing issues put into sharp focus as expert predicts half of students pursuing medicine abroad fail to become doctors

Mental illness has been depicted as the primary occupational health hazard of UK student life since the 1950s, says Sarah Crook

Global horrors reverberate in far-off campuses, widening the gap between students and their prosperous surrounds

Economic uncertainty may have encouraged students to stay in education despite campus closures, says UK statistics body

Slump in applications to country’s biggest tertiary admissions centre aligns with anecdotal reports that universities are struggling to find students

Data useful ‘if considered in context’, Australian university says, but union insists its publication is ‘dangerous’

Australian study probes the difficulties facing latter-year students – and the ‘balancing act’ required of their lecturers

Identification of 100,000 eligible borrowers cast as first step to fulfill long-promised relief for teachers and others in public and non-profit jobs

Supporters say student engagement could lead to a ‘less radicalised’ student body, but fear more political meddling in institutional decisions

The president of KTH Royal Institute of Technology discusses the fallout of a scientific scandal and immigration rules in Sweden

Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal accused of disrespect towards administrators and monarchy

With data showing better post-secondary pathway, administration wants more job-oriented course offerings

A large new survey gives the lie to the idea that liberal arts colleges are more responsive to students’ needs than universities are, notes Samuel Abrams

‘We are not excusing illegal behaviour, but we are acknowledging that it happens and appears widespread’, says Hepi paper advocating harm reduction approach

Amid chaos, non-profit groups work to help an estimated 20,000 Indians leave war zone

Unexploded bombs and civil resistance corps on campus are now part of life in Ukraine, explains minister turned university president

But academic expresses concern about first-time voters treating enfranchisement as a ‘TikTok moment’

The president of Northwestern University discusses the conflict between being a higher education economist and a university leader and changing career 

Working-class school-leavers’ fear of debts larger than their parents’ annual incomes is still a big issue, say Geoffrey Alderman and Zoe Morrison 

Annual survey of 720 campuses pegs average stockpile at $1.1 billion, up 35 per cent in year, with student aid benefiting

Students and faculty welcome eased measures but remain wary, emphasising need for higher caps on daily arrivals

Canberra’s work rights strategy influences make-up of new arrivals, as Perth changes entry rules again

Running Bristol programme online still helped with student well-being compared with control group, study suggests 

As politicians begin to confront America’s student debt crisis, Charlie Eaton explains how public opinion turned so decisively against the financialisation of US higher education and why full loan cancellation is now on the cards

Partnership and co-creation should be a permanent part of UK campus life, says report

Task force to draw up sector guidelines once survey results are collated

The shares of female students and academics at global universities have barely changed in five years, according to THE data

Marketing students in business schools increasingly demand to be taught to use audio-visual software, says Emmanuel Mogaji

Report calls for measures on ‘ignored’ issue like more black staff working in halls of residence and other blocks  

Border restrictions, differing national Covid strategies and changing demographics have all made significant impacts on overseas recruitment over the past two years. Simon Baker examines the latest data from five major recruiting nations and considers what they might presage for the future

The University of British Columbia president discusses reforming counselling provision, the importance of data and his own mental health struggles

Two years of low-quality online provision has left one stranded international student homeless, unemployed and heartbroken

Private university to offer students chance to pay for fees via future earnings agreements in deal with finance firm

Figures could prompt further concerns over whether pandemic-era grading uplift is now ‘baked in’

Several people seriously injured, one fatally, after campus shooting, say police

Ex-governor also wants UK to offer visas to youth born after 1997 to counter clampdown on free speech

Higher education must acknowledge the extra workload that comes with higher education in the digital era, says Christopher Schaberg

Students complain of being ‘kept in dark’ over immigration status and pushed into MBA programme

Delayed roll-out of booster jabs among UK’s younger population means thousands of students will be at risk of serious infection, say researchers

Continuing to offer anonymous surveys just invites abuse of lecturers, say Australian researchers

Isolation and anxieties of Covid and Trump eras drive campus matchmaking model, and possible reinforcement of elite