A student has been told he will fail a journalism course because his disability prevents him from writing shorthand. More...
Stories of second-chance students: 'Now I don't feel scared at all'
Four Access to HE diploma holders heading to university this autumn tell us how the coursegave them another chance to build a better life. More...
IPA urges China to 'respect the decision' of Cambridge University Press to restore articles
International Publishers Association praises CUP’s decision, counter to China’s censorship request, but will ‘wait to see what the consequences’ are. More...
Fourth MP quits Bath University role over vice-chancellor’s pay
A fourth MP has resigned from his position on an advisory board at the University of Bath in protest against its vice-chancellor’s £451,000 pay package. More...
Young carers like me are suffering in silence at university
I’m a student but I’m also a carer for my sister, and that responsibility doesn’t end away from home. We need to be recognised and we need more support. More...
At university with autism: ‘My tutors saw potential’
Support from the University of Bedfordshire means that student Luke Walsh, who has autism and ADHD, is thriving on his broadcast journalism course. More...
A fairer way to finance university students
What Jo Johnson, the universities minister, forgets (Student finance system is fair and efficient, 14 August) is the distorting effect of the very unequal distribution of wealth in this country. More...
I went to Oxford. As a black female student, I found it alienating and elitist
The experiences of minority students reflect new research showing the UK’s top universities need to tackle the social segregation they reflect and help to cause. More...
Mixed results at every level of the British education system
Readers air their views on university vice-chancellors’ pay, degree grade inflation, apprenticeships, teacher training and David Bowie’s technical school experience in Bromley. More...
How to turn Britain’s universities into comprehensives
Is it worth it? That’s the question many young people starting university this autumn have to grapple with, in a way previous generations haven’t. Young people now graduate with an average debt of more than £50,000, which three quarters of them will never pay off. More...