By Josie Gurney-Read. University open days give prospective students the chance to suss out a potential institution, but how do you really make the most of them, asks Josie Gurney-Read. Read more...
Loughborough ranks top for quality of student life
By Josie Gurney-Read. Analysis of recent data has placed Loughborough University top for quality of student life, followed by the University of Bath and Durham University. Read more...
World university rankings show 'power shift' from US and UK towards Far East
By Graeme Paton. US and UK Universities dominate the Times Higher Education World University Rankings but institutions are starting to lose ground to East Asian rivals. Read more...
School leavers missing out on university in higher education 'cold spots'
By Graeme Paton. The Higher Education Funding Council for England says that pupils in many rural areas are missing out on university despite gaining the grades needed to apply. Read more...
Will you graduate into underemployment?
By Jade Grassby. With almost half of recent graduates in jobs which do not require a degree, you may be facing a low-skilled job when you graduate. More...
Tuition fees: a bonanza for the 1%
By Danny Dorling. Only the super-rich benefit from the fees and loans system, in which 17-year-olds must sign up for massive debts in adulthood. More...
Top universities battling for students
By Anna Fazackerley. Members of the Russell Group have offered free flights, film passes and even bedding to woo high-achievers. More...
Want to be taken seriously as scholar in the humanities? Publish a monograph
By Melissa Terras. A survey shows the monograph is still central for shaping and sharing scholarship in the humanities. Let’s now make them open access. More...
What kebabs and train tickets can teach you about Britain
By Paul Mason. British life can be confusing for new arrivals, so here is my advice. Step one: buy a late-night snack. You have survived induction. You have a pile of leaflets, a place to stay and a smartphone. You are a foreign student arriving at a university in England. There are half a million of you: the statistics say you are most likely to be Chinese, but the following advice applies to everyone. To start with, let’s state clearly what all those leaflets don’t. Your fees are single-handedly saving the British university system. By paying, for example, £18,000 a year to study BEng chemical engineering, you are handing over twice the amount a UK student would pay. More...
Students Speak – what would you do to empower girls?
By Carla Kweifio-Okai. Ahead of the international day of the girl, we want your thoughts on what could help women and girls to know their rights. More...