Universities minister Jo Johnson misses a number of vital points about what he calls student frugality. More...
Let's stop tinkering round the edges – university funding needs a total rethink
The government is changing student loan conditions yet again, but it’s missing the point: uncertainty isn’t good for either students or universities. More...
The cure for student debt isn’t frugality – it’s reforming the unfair loans system
It was all going so well. Two days into party conference and the Conservative party had vowed to win over the hearts and minds of young people, and they hadn’t even issued any failed hashtags yet. More...
I can't get a full-time academic contract. So what's holding me back?
I’ve done the peer-reviewed research and received mentoring from top academics. Is it my gender, my age or my class stopping me getting a job. More...
University nightlife not all you'd hoped? Here's how to run the show
Starting a student club night could be a great way to break up your studies. Veteran promoters explain how it’s done. More...
Universities urged to block essay-mill sites in plagiarism crackdown
Watchdog issues guidance to help institutions address ‘pernicious’ cheating through use of sites for written-to-order papers. More...
Anger as Oxford college bans Christian group from freshers' fair
Balliol student body reportedly told Christian Union that it was concerned over the ‘potential for harm to freshers’. More...
Plenty of ways to bring an end to plagiarism in university essays
I once answered a job advertisement for an “academic researcher”, thereby inadvertently applying for a job with one of these sites. More...
Former polytechnics should lose university status, says Adonis
Labour’s former education minister Andrew Adonis says lower-performing institutions should charge lower fees. More...
Andrew Adonis and an elitist attitude towards former polytechnics
Lord Adonis (Strip former polytechnics of university status, says ex-minister, 11 October) shows a staggering ignorance of the status and quality of many of those institutions. More...