By Richard Adams. UK’s first medical school since the 1940s to be supported solely by fees says 60% of intake comes from UK. More...

By Lois Mitchison. Higher education is nothing but a hindrance to women who marry early and want to run a happy home.
In a “Panorama” television programme some little time ago a group of Girton undergraduates were almost unanimous in asserting that politics was not a good career for women. It was unfeminine and difficult to combine with marriage, they said. More...

By Rebecca Ratcliffe. Handing in your PhD thesis is a massive achievement – but it’s not the end of the journey for doctoral students. Once you’ve submitted, you’ll need to prepare for the next intellectually-gruelling hurdle: a viva. More...

By Nicholas Watt. Theresa May’s proposals to force students to reapply for UK visas rejected in move reportedly led by George Osborne. More...

By James Felton. A worrying number of students are turning to payday loans – they should know there are other options available. More...

By Frances Perraudin. Former universities minister attacks Theresa May proposal saying foreign students are a ‘great British export industry’. More...

By Simon Marginson. Theresa May’s visa plans may have been blocked, but the UK’s policy on international students is still a disaster. More...

James Dyson (No Theresa May, we need those foreign graduates, 5 January) rightly says that Theresa May’s proposal to train up then kick out brilliant foreign students would be a major barrier to progress. The home secretary’s proposal must be the first deliberate attempt by a mainstream UK politician to stop the brain drain operating in our favour. The creative sector would sustain particular damage were this proposal to go ahead. More...

By Peter Scott. Some are hung up on the growth in private universities, but the real threat to higher education is from corporate values aross the board. More...

By Jamie Green. A hospital visit probably isn’t on the agenda for your year abroad, but it pays to be prepared for the worst-case scenario. More...