Students

Universities must go well beyond boilerplate statements about being a 'welcoming environment' if they really want to treat all their students equally, says Sarah Kollat

Students and administrators alike should resist pitting diversity against free expression, says John Palfrey

Lagging degree attainment leads to Latinos becoming stuck in middle-wage tiers of labour market, says study

Proposed reforms in the US are based on the incorrect assumption that student concern is overstated and hysterical, writes Yvette Russell

A ‘European Campus’ has already been created by French, Swiss and German universities

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

In the past six years, the number of new part-time students in England has fallen by 56 per cent, writes Peter Horrocks

Observers say key issue is whether review’s remit is wide-ranging, or set to predetermined objectives

With degrees now necessary for entry into more jobs than ever before, John Morgan considers the economic arguments for expanding higher education

Canadian institution targeting thousands of French applicants who fail to gain place at home

Student accommodation wardens are latest to be imprisoned in Turkey's anti-Gülenist crackdown

Office for Students’ Nicola Dandridge says new regulator will not guarantee union seat on board

Watchdog’s new guidelines aim to stop ‘contract cheating’ on campus

Ali Milani believes that the NSS in its current form could be a threat to students’ unions

Teaching students to attribute their failures to factors within their control can lead to big gains, say Rodney Clifton, Gabor Csepregi and Masha Krylova

Theresa May’s tweaks to tuition fees may not be enough to quell the disquiet over the current system, says John Gill

Investigation launched after police attending mass student protest in Varanasi seen to be beating women with sticks

National demonstration planned over income contingent repayment 'propaganda'

Nick Hillman makes call in book that aims to influence Conservative policy

Quiet acceptance of accent discrimination damages efforts to make classrooms more inclusive, says Katerina Loukopoulou

Former HEA chief executive hailed for ‘vision and persistence’ in changing teaching policy and practice

Cost of compliance with Home Office rules uncovered by Study Group

Refugee and asylum seekers pitch tents on campus in northeastern France

Greater democratic development in post-Soviet nations when students head for EU rather than Russia, study finds

Unlike in the UK and the US, German graduates tend to vote in quite similar ways to other citizens. But not in the case of the AfD, writes David Matthews

Figures suggest young people choose subjects according to present balance of a country’s economy

Elite universities must expand their intake to combat rising resentment directed at higher education, says Catharine B. Hill

Despite advances in artificial intelligence, humans will always have the edge over machines when it comes to teaching, says Aldwyn Cooper

Downplaying the vital role that universities play in encouraging creativity could endanger the main engine of economic growth, say Luca Cacciolatti and Soo Hee Lee

Taiwan hopes that attracting students from further afield, particularly mainland China, will help to address its higher education crisis. But this in turn brings challenges, including compromised academic freedom, writes Chris Parr

Community engagement is not just a good strategy. It’s an urgent responsibility, says Andrew Petter

No one should underestimate the importance of encouragement in pedagogy, says Tom Pow

Vigilante mob face murder charges over campus killing of student Mashal Khan

Class of ’92 to set up alternative provider teaching business, media and sport

Universities are right to re-examine the support in place for students in light of soaring suicide rates, says health secretary Jeremy Hunt

Ministry says 11 universities breached regulations by asking questions not covered in school curriculum

The loss of Supporting Professionalism in Admissions would be bad news for students, says Les Ebdon

We need to call off the witch-hunt and trust in the capacity of our students to learn, says Bruce Macfarlane

Lack of student accommodation means new arrivals are often having to return home, warns student union

Freedom of speech is not the same as accepting ‘petulant’ professors’ views, says Kerrie Thornhill

If universities want to get more disadvantaged students into university, they need to help them access the support their better-off peers take for granted, argues James Grant

The capital’s universities must use increased tuition fee revenue to improve access for disadvantaged students, says Tony Halmos

But critics claim that French students are already well served in the province

Minister outlines plans for TEF and new regulator to tackle problem

University leaders frustrated by lack of clarity on higher education in party manifestos

Andrew Adonis’s account of how Labour could fund universities if tuition fees were abolished lacks credibility, says David Willetts

Despite putting more money into improving access, the top universities still struggle, finds Emilie Sundorph

Latest evidence overseas students are being put off US universities by political situation

The difficulty of introducing student feedback in Papua New Guinea casts light on more general problems, says John Warren

Costs for students rising at triple the rate of inflation, triggering calls for rental caps

Varied levels of English language proficiency among students could hamper learning

Head of NYU Abu Dhabi says that undergraduates must be taught skills to create ‘a world of common understanding’

The battle is not over for universities, but this week’s figures on international students are vindication for an embattled HE sector, says Sir Keith Burnett 

Singaporeans are starting to question the benefit of recruiting so much global research talent, say Pang Eng Fong and Linda Lim

Announcement comes as new exit check data expected to show low numbers of student ‘overstayers’

Don’t blame vice-chancellors for their salaries – we need to rethink where power lies in universities, says Tom Cutterham

Brain-boosting drugs can help students and academics alike to unlock their potential, says Hemmel Amrania

Sword-fighting, drinking, history and camaraderie: struggling to recruit, ancient brotherhoods mull their image problem

Politics has become overly dominated by graduates, who increasingly only mingle with each other, says author