Students

Stereotypes and myths around sexual violence still hold currency among students, says Stephen Pihlaja

Study into controversial ‘grade retention’ policy finds repeating a failed year can improve performance

US study finds biomedical PhDs from certain ethnic minorities are less likely to understand the ‘hidden’ rules of succeeding in science

Sophie Hunter looks at what disruption of the student news market by the internet means for the traditional campus newspaper

The Universities Superannuation Scheme’s stake in former cluster bomb manufacturer Textron is an inappropriate use of savings, campaigners say

On-campus support for those in crisis is desperately underfunded, dangerously limited and even offputting

Sandy Grant urges educators to support students’ rejection of prejudice – and call out language that defends the indefensible

The rector of the University of Antwerp says elite institutions are more focused on themselves than the role of higher education

Experts debate the UK’s internal graduate ‘brain drain’ and suggest US has more depth in regional employment

China's university sports body hopes to convince parents and students that play teaches valuable life lessons

Growth in 2014-15 follows government initiative to nearly double number of overseas students by 2022

Richard B. Spencer, who was filmed shouting ‘Hail Trump’ at Washington meeting, due to speak at Texas A&M University 

President explains how the institution has increased enrolment and cut tuition fees as other US universities struggle with funding and recruitment

New rector warns against drawing students only from elite and making academics 'sheep with five feet'

King’s College London professor and member of House of Lords says England 'extraordinary' in world terms for 'one-size-fits-all' emphasis on universities

Saikat Majumdar looks at how public universities and liberal arts education in India still bear the marks of colonialism

BRICS and MINTs, move over for the TACTICS – Thailand, Argentina, Chile, Turkey, Iran, Colombia and Serbia. Ellie Bothwell on a group that could grow into star players in global higher education

We have to do more to ensure British-Bangladeshi girls don’t fear they’ll be isolated at university, says Sally Brian

Welsh education secretary Kirsty Williams sees major benefits in following Diamond review plan

John Morgan looks at signals of Home Office backtracking

Education ministry is analysing a report into the quality of higher education and may close down substandard institutions

Data from Times Higher Education reveal sharp spike in number of US prospective students and academics interested in moving north of the border

Universities and other tertiary colleges generate A$13.7bn of A$20.3bn education exports

Students and lecturers join forces for a national demonstration over cuts, fee rises and the plight of EU staff and students post-Brexit

The government’s partnership with universities has been good for all; Anthony Monaco hopes the new administration will strengthen it

The 150 best universities for delivering work-ready graduates

Immigration minister says changes will help highly skilled graduates to apply to stay in the country

Academics suggest that Australia and Canada may be among countries to gain market share in overseas students

We need to make America think again, say Simona Aimar and David Egan

Sir Keith Burnett reflects on what he learned about international students while in India with the UK prime minister

Students on courses that combine online delivery with face-to-face interaction are the least satisfied in Times Higher Education’s US student survey

What links the anxious, fearful undergraduate and the anxious, fearful academic? Pervasive precarity, argues Matthew Vernon

Judy Clements warns English and Welsh universities may have to contribute more towards adjudicator to meet demand

Majority of US students think the supply of personal information will transform college experience in 10 years

Doctoral students who downplay their part-time status forget that they excel in key ways, says Rebecca Gelding

Universities must adopt global, rather than international, outlooks, says scholar

University leaders from across the Continent explain why collaboration is more important than ever as a new mission group forms in Amsterdam

As meritocratic approach to education finds favour in UK, academic argues its dystopian original meaning has come to pass in China

Arrest comes as government targets up to 10,000 borrowers living in Australia

Survey of Chinese employers shows UK graduates required to ‘fit back in’ to home culture

Stop worrying about the expansion of higher education and look at the positives, say Francis Green and Golo Henseke

Hispanic student accuses professor of cultural insensitivity over allegations she must have plagiarised work by using the word ‘hence’

A trip to the theatre prompts Martin Hall to think afresh about the demonstrations gripping his country’s campuses

Badly rated teachers more likely to distrust data, Israeli study finds

Student artists at Staffordshire University have transformed academic research on graduate debt into a full-length comic

Vice-chancellors warn that leading researchers will flee if unrest over tuition fees is not resolved swiftly

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

University of Toronto must prove professor’s comments constitute ‘violation of law’, says Canadian Association of University Teachers

New Aston vice-chancellor Alec Cameron also says that Brexit could lead to ‘aggressive’ recruitment of students in Europe

Indian private university adds Long Island to list of global campuses, but faces opposition on Boston plans

Rosi Prescott considers how universities should tackle the decline in students’ well-being often caused by financial stress

Anthony Monaco adds that the US has a more ‘holistic approach’ to recruiting students than the UK

A teaching collaboration between two very different institutions worked better than either could have hoped, write John Simon and Thomas Schutte

UUK report brings together best practice for combating abusive behaviour

Advocates for using education to help former inmates get their lives back on track say that current policies are deterring applications

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

Many graduates would also have chosen a different subject or institution in hindsight, study reveals

Study of 36,000 undergraduates identifies positive relationship between financial aid, retention and attainment

Students are too often micromanaged and policed while on campus, and it needs to stop, writes Frank Furedi

Government spends £4m advertising to overseas students at the same time as visa action pledged on ‘lower-quality’ courses