The growing need among university students for counsellors, at a time of dwindling counselling services, is a significant national problem (Report, 12 May). Thankfully, many young people in higher education are articulate enough to advocate for more services, singly, in groups and through organisational channels. According to the House of Commons statistics collated this February, 963,000 young people are Neets (not in education, employment or training), almost one in seven people aged 16-24. More...
24 mai 2015
Helping young people who are feeling the strain
Study of attitudes to same-sex marriage retracted over 'fake data'
By Lauren Gambino in New York and Hannah Devlin in London. Prof Donald Green ‘embarrassed’ over claims of errors by his co-author in study that found a conversation with a gay canvasser could soften attitudes. More...
What skills do arts sector grads need to develop their career?
By Lorraine Lim. Higher education institutions have a key role in preparing students to work in a sector with ever-evolving roles and a lack of job security. More...
Goldsmiths students divided over event that excluded white men
By Jessica Elgot. Bahar Mustafa, union diversity officer at Goldsmiths, University of London, criticised for making students feel ‘intimidated’ but others support her. More...
Cambridge students urge university to stop making their exam results public
By Natalie Gil. A petition calling on the University of Cambridge to seek students’ permission before it publicly displays their results is gaining momentum. More...
Oxford University students vote to keep 'archaic' subfusc academic dress
By Damien Gayle. Critics had argued that compulsory wearing of mortarboards, gowns and traditional outfits was elitist and off-putting. More...
Women's colleges should reinvent themselves as havens for trans women
By . Trans women have great potential to provide insight into male privilege that can enrich women’s colleges. More...
Science on stage: should playwrights respect history and truth?
By Kirsten Shepherd-Barr. Critics of science plays cannot accept that playwrights are free to depict real historical events and people as they like. More...
Plagiarism is a mortal sin and last taboo – or is it?
By . Many people contribute to an academic paper and not many are credited. In the words of Pharrell Williams, there are blurred lines. More...
This ‘woe-is-me’ race to the bottom won’t attract university funding
By . Introducing the highest tuition fees in Europe was perhaps the single most controversial thing the coalition government did. Students and academics opposed it fiercely. But whether people liked the increase in fees or not, it is indisputable that universities were protected from the cuts to income that have been imposed on other public services. More...
