Students

Children from the poorest families remain around half as likely to enter higher education than their more affluent peers, new figures show.

A US professor who Tweeted that if overweight PhD applicants “didn’t have the willpower to stop eating carbs” then they “won’t have the willpower to do a dissertation” has been formally censured by his university.

By Lauren Ingeno, for Inside Higher Ed

Two thirds of UK undergraduates do not believe a postgraduate degree is worth the cost, a survey of more than 1,100 students has found

Joint degrees with ultra-Orthodox colleges counter to universities’ gender equity policies

Times Higher Education analysis adds to fears about degree comparability

How a ‘freelance ghostwriter’ haunts the sector

Opprobrium for two-year extension to medical courses

Five scholars and a recent graduate look back on their experiences during a period when the sector changed for ever

Warren Bebbington on a flexible response to the limits of growth

A blog circulated to students by the commercial arm of the Ucas has been accused of using negative sexist stereotypes.

Only one in five students will take a TV to university, with most relying on their laptop or smartphone to view programmes, a new survey shows

University criticised for ‘unreasonable’ stance over data-transfer error

Prepare for some Darwin-on-Mendel action: it’s the ‘exam howlers’ 2013

Malcolm Gillies on London universities’ pros and cons

Four out of five students live away from their university campus and spend around £50 a month travelling to their studies, new research shows.

A group of Conservative MPs want to limit the number of international students allowed at all but the “top” 30 universities in the UK.

Universities are too focused on students who go “punting on the Wear or the Cam”, while gaining degree-awarding powers is cloaked in magical secrecy.

Overweight applicants disadvantaged in face-to-face interviews

Lecturers aid students in ‘School of the Damned’

More than 19,000 extra students have applied to university this year compared to 2012, new figures show.

Ministers should focus more resources on explaining the student finance system to parents to avoid children being put off university by debt, a thinktank says

Do your students know their vellum from their valium and their buffer zones from their buffet counterparts?

Students entering university from state schools perform better than expected when securing a job after graduation compared with the privately educated, a new report says.

Danny Dorling considers how population change influences the shape and direction of higher education in fundamental ways

Caps on the Disabled Students’ Allowance mean that students are not receiving the support they need, a recent report has claimed

Some students at the University of Liverpool have been sent the wrong degree results, after the Russell Group institution experienced a “technical problem”

Deadlines to appeal final degree results differ vastly between universities, according to research by the consumer rights charity Which?

More than a third of recent graduates in work are doing jobs that do not require a degree, new figures show.

The sector will be damaged if integrity in recruitment is lost, says Janet Graham

Management would not listen to alternative views, duo state

Kingston scheme encourages feedback from all types of undergraduates

Stonewall survey rates Cardiff and Liverpool John Moores as best for supporting gay, lesbian and bisexual students

The inquiry’s recommendations echo a similar arrangement in higher education, Rob Behrens says

The National Scholarship Programme is to be cut by £100 million and made postgraduate-only, as part of savings announced in the coalition’s spending round.

Futurelearn boss says talk of drop outs ‘very annoying’

NUS’ outgoing leader tells John Morgan that v‑cs and Russell Group must press the sector’s case to government

Student protests brought down a government but failed to freeze tuition fees: what’s next for a province where universities remain high on the political agenda? Elizabeth Gibney reports from Montreal

Students are occupying the University of Warwick’s council chamber to protest against the “marketisation of higher education”.

Personalised assessments and more emphasis on exams could help cut out plagiarism, argues associate dean Mark Ridolfo

As students grow keener to stand up for their rights over perceived wrongs, is the sector doing all it can to be consistent, fair and prompt when resolving disputes?

Europe-wide survey shows students don’t understand plagiarism

Only £21m of £130.5m scheme reaching student pockets, Hefce finds

Young people in care are not getting enough support or advice to help them reach higher education, a new study says.

In the US, the Rate My Professors website has been used by students to dish out a “public scolding” to their lecturers – and now the UK has its own equivalent, possibly bringing a shiver of dread to academics and universities.

Plans to cut student support may be undermined by court ruling

OIA can overrule verdicts only in rare circumstances, High Court finds

Where have all the student satirists gone? wonders Sally Feldman

Working-class students struggle with ‘composite masculinity’, study finds

Alastair Bonnett visits Lincoln’s Social Science Centre, a cooperative, free university attempting to build a different kind of knowledge economy

Today’s students are impoverished by a scant knowledge of culture and context, but the story of art should be a sine qua non of any well-rounded curriculum, argues Brian Sewell

A new website has been launched to help universities tackle violent extremism and radicalisation on campus.

About one in 10 higher education students have experienced “suicidal thoughts”, according to a survey into mental health at universities.

A campaign has been launched to promote part-time study following the dramatic fall in the number of such students choosing to enter higher education.

National Union of Students and businesses say stick to the Hear

Postgraduates recount ill-treatment by academics as well as bosses

Christopher Bigsby on the declining art of taking a hike

Hepi/Which? uncovers huge shortfall in study time

Somewhere, in a class past or future, your nemesis awaits. John Kaag on the existential terror of a pedagogical puzzle

There is “no sign” that students paying up to £9,000 in tuition fees in 2012-13 are receiving more for their money from universities, according to a survey of contact hours, workload and satisfaction.