If pushers are handing out business cards to freshers, it sounds like they know their market. More...
Nine rules for your first days in student halls
Settling into your accommodation is the first big challenge at uni. Here are some tips to help you through. More...
How smearing a woman’s reputation was irresistible for the media
Many news organisations published Robbie Travers’ claims to have been victim of a PC stitch-up. If only they had dug a little deeper into the murky racial politics behind the story. More...
Universities must do more to stop the graduate brain drain
Most students move away after graduating but universities can persuade them to stay by building links with employers and improving local housing. More...
University 'turned down politically incorrect transgender research'
Bath Spa University is conducting an internal inquiry into claims that it turned down an application for research on gender reassignment reversal because it was “potentially politically incorrect” and would attract criticism on social media. More...
More detail needed in racial minorities data
The raw truth of the Guardian report on minorities (Minorities report: it’s still snowy white at the pinnacle, 25 September) is undeniable. But to make progress we need much more grainy detail than we have. More...
University conferences at risk as academic speakers refused UK visas
Warnings Britain is closing the door on academic collaboration after a Nigerian lawyer and at least 14 overseas experts are denied entry for one event. More...
My school relationship survived university – yours could too
I defied the doubters and stayed with my boyfriend when we went to university. Three years on, I don’t regret it. More...
Time to level our elitist playing field
Your report (Revealed: Britain’s most powerful elite is 97% white, 25 September) on the low representation of black and ethnic minority groups among Britain’s most powerful people omits public appointments, where the picture is slightly more positive. More...
Clearing 2017: what worked for universities, and what didn't
Students are savvy and the competition is tough. Four university marketers share the good, the bad and the ugly of clearing 2017. More...