For postgraduates already looking ahead to an academic career, it’s worth learning how to hold your nose and sell yourself. More...
‘Isolated’ poorer students more likely to drop out, study shows
Less affluent students in higher education are significantly more likely to experience problems with socialising and integrating than their peers from well-off families, says a major new study. More...
Green party proposes scrapping all existing student debt
The Greens are set to unveil manifesto on Monday, when they say they will present the means by which they will pay for such plans. More...
How do international students shape UK towns and cities?
Universities need to start shouting about the mutual benefits that overseas students bring to their local communities. More...
Number of university dropouts due to mental health problems trebles
Data shows record 1,180 students who experienced mental ill health left courses early in 2014-15, up 210% from 2009-10. More...
It’s time to give London students more money
A new official ranking of universities will soon reveal how badly off London students are. They need more help with rent and travel. More...
‘I drove the car into the fountain’: causing mayhem at Essex University, 1969
Essex University had quite an anarchic reputation during the student unrest of the 1960s. It’s partly what drew me to it. More...
Students warned against using 'essay mill' sites to write dissertations
Sites offering written-to-order essays may deliver poor work or none at all, say experts – and students risk failing their degrees. More...
The trouble with the sisterhood in academia
Female academics can be just as aggressively competitive with other colleagues as men, but it slips under the radar. More...
2VCs: How worried should universities be about the general election?
Labour has pledged to abolish tuition fees and the Conservatives are threatening a hard Brexit and a tighter visa regime for international students. How will universities face the prevailing headwinds. More...