Students

While analysts fear cost and debt blowout, loan scheme architect says it can work with careful design

At hearing ahead of summer ruling, conservative-dominated top judicial body questions administration’s right to offer $400 billion in student debt relief

Small Canadian private university to end classes after this semester, while holding out hope for future revival

OfS’ proposed scheme might unintentionally endorse personal relationships between staff and students, campaigners warn

Charging students who already have a similar degree could gain traction among politicians tiptoeing around free higher education ahead of April’s elections

Member of leading US collegiate basketball team keeps winning games after allegedly delivering gun said to have been used by teammate and friend in murder

Third of ONS survey respondents say they are less likely to begin another course due to financial difficulties

Protesters set sights on those seen as responsible for low-quality education after raid on country’s most important university

English regulator plans to order institutions to create registers of relationships, with expectation that staff who keep liaisons secret will be sacked

Intense feelings of academic inadequacy and alienation can drive first-in-family students to self-destructive behaviour and thoughts of dropping out, reflects Malik Johnson on his difficult journey from the Baltimore projects to an elite private college

One in three students misses 8am classes, and having more early starts is associated with lower grades, Singapore study finds

In the week his sister should have graduated in Kabul as a doctor, PhD student Naimat Zafary describes the reality for Afghan women denied their degrees

University leadership attempts to restart in-person operations but students still in mourning say ‘we aren’t ready’

Processing delays affecting guests from Global South put future of major academic events in country at risk

A digitised form of America’s famous admissions exam will help level the playing field for university applicants across the world, says Cezar Wazen

While corporations and universities bowed to pressure to ban controversial BBC documentary, students showed freedom of speech and critical enquiry still matter in India, says Mukhtar Ahmad

Monthly payments not enough to counter massive rises in cost of living, says students’ union

Eight per cent hit overall but smallest portfolios worst affected, while Harvard and Texas remain out in front

Spiking inflation and an accommodation squeeze are eroding students’ already meagre means. As a major review of higher education begins, John Ross examines reforms that would allow students to keep the wolf from the door and still have time to devour their reading lists

Japanese winger’s former professor helps assess how much of his success can be attributed to a thesis on dribbling

Five others left in critical condition in latest episode of US gun violence

Study quantifies how GPA suffers if students don’t get enough shut-eye, but finds only one in 20 gets the recommended amount

A domestic ‘Irasmus’ exchange scheme could help make teaching programmes more consistent and counter regional inequalities, but is a post-pandemic generation really interested?

Spread among more than 100 institutions, an extra £50 million for hardship funds is a drop in the ocean, says Karen Cox

Amid a still-evolving patchwork of laws and interpretations after Supreme Court ruling, campuses are taking risks and pushing boundaries

Universities join rescue mission after 7.8 magnitude tremor strikes near Gaziantep

Recently launched provider spends big in attempt to drive ‘exponential growth’ in student numbers

Disadvantaged students are disproportionately affected when they relinquish paid work to attend mandatory placements, lobby group argues

Student organisations say universities are failing to stop ‘growing harassment’ directed at Ukrainian communities

Administrators unalarmed, noting more applicants could come from mainland China, especially Greater Bay Area

New polling highlights ‘scandalous’ impact of financial pressures on student life

Ombudsman records sixth straight rise in grievances as pandemic and industrial action continued to disrupt universities

JNU students watch BBC film despite warnings of disciplinary action and social media ban

Suspect’s academic history raises pressure on universities to consider whether a heavy interest in some types of criminal behaviour warrants added screening

Institutions should pay heed to pressure from Beijing, but avoid depriving students of study abroad opportunities, scholars say

Inclusivity would be boosted if the Erasmus replacement offered funding more promptly and flexibly, say Richard Davies and Andrew Griff-Owen

One in three degrees were firsts last year, but this is still above pre-pandemic levels

When her broadcasting career took off in her mid-fifties, Mary Beard became one of Britain’s best-known and most-discussed academics. Jack Grove speaks to the retiring Cambridge classicist about her eventful career, including her run-ins with sexist TV critics, Twitter trolls and Boris Johnson

Rise runs at more than three times the rate of uplift in England

As academia pushes to raise grades and completions among disadvantaged students, San Francisco professor shows value of Bandura, von Bertalanffy and kaizen

Incidents including a student leader using the words ‘the final solution’ left Jewish students feeling like ‘pariahs’ within the UK student body

Westminster government criticised by sector over 2.8 per cent uplift as concern mounts over impact of cost-of-living crisis on students

Ensuring students are involved in interventions will help tackle stigma and end ‘culture of silence’, experts say

As administration awaits court action on blanket loan forgiveness, it promises regulatory change to sharply cut average costs for undergraduate borrowers

Ahead of announcement of maintenance loan rates for 2023-24, Russell Group warns next cohort will likely have to get by on significantly less

Cautious optimism for on-campus life and international mobility as China lifts travel restrictions and loosens on-campus pandemic controls

With much still unclear, complaints procedures are likely to be lengthy and fraught with contention, says Gill Evans

Involvement of university staff in prosecution of Olesya Krivtsova a major cause for concern, observers say

Students, universities, investors and governments grapple for answers as Australian housing costs skyrocket and availability plummets

Helping students create climate-conscious start-ups would enhance campus learning and universities’ green credentials, says Robert Phillips

Iranian academia was previously going through a phase of chronic depression in terms of socio-political activism, says Roohola Ramezani

Bizarre phenomena on Chinese university campuses go beyond manifestations of student boredom, according to academics

Xiaolei Wu alleged to have told victim that he had reported them to security agencies in homeland

Students ‘unlikely to be high up the list of priorities’ for further funding despite risk of dropouts

Massification, metrics and consumerism have eroded what was distinctive about UK higher education, says Philip Langton

More than half of those polled by Hepi and NUS express support for education designed with employment in mind

Top research universities have long cited their value in growing local economies, but massive graduate student walkout suggests a critical need to better protect the people who make the magic happen

Institutions’ marketing approach should be to inform would-be students about the full range of degrees on offer, says Pat Moores

Thousands of students participated in the Ucas survey on digital resources

Independent housing ‘moderately to severely unaffordable’, as locals opt for alternatives