Students

As policymakers reduce funding, institutions seen as having little choice but to start charging students more

Population of students who have studied at college but not gained a degree grew by 2.9 per cent to 36.8 million, report finds

Months after Harvard Law Review rejected analysis of Gaza genocide allegation, Columbia’s version does the same

Some students saw their university fees triple as the government attempted to lift the benchmark for the first time in five years

About 99 per cent of events and speakers were still approved last year, a similar proportion to previous years

Contrary to claims that holding vote out of term time will silence them, student voters may end up having more influence in rare July poll

New agreement on salaries increases likelihood that high-profile campuses will create a small league of top-dollar programmes, cutting revenues for all others

V-c’s offer to meet with encampment to review defence and security research called both an ‘empty deal’ and a ‘capitulation’

First budget of new governing coalition seen as ‘neutral’ for universities as small increases in funding set to be offset by inflation

Working with established community networks can boost the quality and choice available in food banks, say Hilda Mulrooney and four co-authors

Lower work rights cut-off would have excluded most doctoral graduates, critics warned

While administrators, faculty, students and police get main attention in protests, those paying the bills – especially in wealthier families – pursue more decisive roles

‘Good data means better policy’, educationalists stress

As politicians stage another public hearing to shame academia, university leaders display new level of resistance, joined by students at Harvard and California system

Emotions and rhetoric run high, but student campers are packing up

Transgender students fearful of political climate and face additional barriers but many still thrive at university, report says

Embracing multiple measures of career ‘success’ can move us beyond tiresome debates and put students’ needs first, says Tom Coward

Politicians apologise after tensions between international students and locals culminate in violence in capital

House education committee, in new front for attacking academia, backs right-wing analysis that alleges political tilt in Truman and Rhodes awards

Whether targets of sexualised attention or audience members, students lack power to divert harmful classroom dynamics, says Mary Peterson

Development running much more slowly than target, leaving poorer learners in ‘bleak’ situation

The Edinburgh protests underline the need for meaningful ways for students, staff and community to govern the university together, says Kevin Donovan

Vice-chancellors tread lightly as students occupy building and defy instructions to vacate camps

Students already graduate with huge debts. Rather than accepting yet more easy credit, they should do more paid work, says Paul Wiltshire

Tightening visa restrictions, language barriers and cultural misunderstanding have contributed to soaring numbers of complaints to OIA

Ideal of student-oriented officers, arising from 1960s-era protests, appears to have lost ground to profession’s more enduring imperatives

Teaching suspended and all campus buildings closed after riot police shut down pro-Palestinian demonstration

Government embraces domestic growth, needs-based funding and a commission to drive it all, but firm commitments remain limited

Chinese nationals studying abroad report being subject to transnational surveillance by authorities, leaving them scared to speak freely

Prime minister summons sector leaders to Downing Street as campus protests spread, demanding disciplinary action against students found to be inciting hatred

Study establishes minimum income needed for students to have acceptable standard of living is £366 a week, much more than is provided in government support

Encampments cleared by law enforcement as student protests spread across Europe

More than a dozen institutions affected as students join global movement with roots on US campuses

Organisation recognises pro-Palestinian and anti-Zionist beliefs may be protected, bringing to an end employment tribunal brought by Shaima Dallali

Ivy League university at centre of nationwide series of student demonstrations will try for smaller events away from campus encampment

Authorities shrug off calls for camps to be dismantled, amid reports of antisemitism but little evidence of violence

While the government plans measures to relieve placement poverty and student debt, observers also expect higher visa fees and financial capacity bar

Former Berkeley chancellor says sanctions on protest ringleaders must be seen to be just, although decisions may now be outside universities’ control

While indexation change was widely anticipated, backdating of the measure was not

President says ‘order must prevail’ after police clear UCLA encampment

Apparent turnaround in nation’s finances has done little to alleviate financial pressure on students, according to new poll

Tough decade-old experience with police violence taught California universities the value of restraint, though divisive politics may already be straining its ability to keep its ideals

Student leaders protesting their university’s failure to accredit their degrees find themselves in Papua New Guinea jail, after ‘opportunist’ torches vehicles

Violence also flares at University of California, Los Angeles as pro-Palestinian demonstrations reach climax

After forcing delays in 2024-25 admissions cycle, administration promises simplified aid process will help more students, but current educational and political costs loom as substantial

Suspension threats lead to classroom seizure after Ivy League university offers to discuss but not immediately implement Israel divestment

Just as universities enter election-year battle over their worth, cries of antisemitism – sincere or otherwise – play into their historic partisan vulnerabilities

The head of Hong Kong Baptist University shares his solution to the rapidly changing jobs market

Students carry the can for rental spikes and record low vacancies while alternative causes are overlooked, says accommodation lobby

Action to coincide with open day comes after widespread unrest on US campuses

After top politicians visit Columbia University to demand harsh crackdown on student speech, police at multiple campuses move to shut down encampments

Study concludes that learning how to pronounce students’ names properly should be included in diversity and inclusion policies at universities ‘because it goes to the heart of people’s identities’

As overhaul presses staff and students to broaden horizons, president discusses handling faculty pushback, maintaining a vital Samsung partnership and dealing with disgruntled alumni

Student loans among the ‘areas where we need to do much better with the younger generation’, prime minister concedes

University’s president in tough situation, with lawmakers escalating tensions, students angered by quick use of police force, and encampments elsewhere drawing similar responses

After more than 100 arrests at demonstration supporting Palestinians, students revive mass occupation, putting their president under new fire from briefly supportive Republicans

Ivy League institution follows congressional spotlight with student arrests and suspensions

Overseas students’ rebounding satisfaction rates coincide with Australian policy moves to keep them out

Simplistic analyses belie the complex evolution of students, instruction, reading practices, college regulations and communications media, says Harvey Graff

Undergraduates at Nigeria’s Covenant University enjoy their classes on how to have a happy marriage, says leader