By Emma Bullough. South Korea's Pohang University of Science and Technology is best university under the age of 50 for third year in a row. Find out which universities have made the list.
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The third annual Times Higher Education 100 under 50 rankings - a look at the world's top 100 universities under 50 years of age - shows four of the top five spots occupied by East Asian institutions, with South Korea's Pohang University of Science and Technology taking the top spot for the third year in a row. More...

By Richard Adams. Leading universities dispute report's conclusion that less selective colleges actually do more to create social mobility. The Russell group of leading research universities has rejected claims that its members are failing their students from disadvantaged backgrounds because they do little to improve their post-graduation employment prospects. The research, published by the thinktank CentreForum, argues government policy is too narrowly focused on encouraging universities to recruit more students from disadvantaged backgrounds, rather than on what happens to those students during and after their studies. More...

By Gabrielle Chan. Loan repayments to kick in at lower income levels and students should pay 55% of the cost of a bachelor degree instead of 40%. University students would pay a greater proportion of education costs and start repaying their student loans at a lower income threshold under recommendations by the audit commission. More...

By Bridie Jabour. Christopher Pyne raises possibility of higher Hecs debt for graduates, lower income threshold for repayments. The education minister, Christopher Pyne, says students should be contributing more money towards their university education, leaving open the door open for an increase in the amount of money graduates repay through the higher education contribution scheme. More...

By Severin Carrell. Report estimates lack of fees, plus cuts in grants to poorer students leave middle-class families £20m a year better off. Welsh students get most financial support in UK.
Poorer students in Scotland have been left millions of pounds worse off after cuts to government grants which middle-class families have escaped, a study of higher education funding has found. More...

By Isaiah Hankel. High achievers work out how to stand their ground and make the most of every opportunity. When my first year as a PhD student became a daily grind of going to several classes a day and learning endless new experiments and procedures in the lab, I looked around for inspiration from older and more successful students. More...

By Anonymous academic. I will no longer put up with low pay, unstable contracts and the requirement to be available at all times. In a few weeks, I will be leaving my career in academic research. The pleasure of contributing to scientific knowledge has disappeared and I am overworked and under-compensated with no semblance of a work-life balance. The cons of academia now far outweigh the pros, so I am walking away. I am currently working as a postdoc, which is the purgatory between finishing a PhD and obtaining a long-term fellowship or permanent position. According to the 2013 Careers in research online survey (Cros), 77% of research staff are on temporary, fixed-term contracts, and 87% of these are for less than three years. More...

By Libby Page. Dream of a creative career in film or television? You need a course that leads to a job – here's how to find one. It's probably not what your parents or teachers told you – but now is a good time to pursue a career in the creative industries. The value of the creative industry grew by nearly 10% in 2012, the highest amount of any UK industry. Employment went up by 8.6%, compared with 0.7% in the UK overall. More...