Survey: 25% of UK architecture students treated for mental health problems
By Amelia Hill. Architects’ Journal survey reveals heavy workload and anxiety over debt from seven-year course primary sources of stress. More...
Help! I'm a postgrad: how to combat the stress of doing a master's
By Helen Lock. Deadlines are looming, you’re broke and student parties are a distant memory. Being a postgrad is tough at times, but you don’t have to suffer in silence. More...
The road to REF 2021: why I welcome Lord Stern’s blueprint for research assessment
By . The Stern Review, published yesterday, has the potential to create a more diverse, patient and outward-facing research culture in Britain’s universities. More...
I'm afraid my crippling shyness will ruin my career
By Academics Anonymous. Networking is the name of the game in academia, but I’m terrified of talking to people and find myself hiding away. More...
How universities became stigmatised as arrogant experts
By . Higher education no longer believes in widening participation. Instead the chatter is of ‘world class universities’ – for the few. More...
Maintenance grants scrapped for poorest students
Change announced in 2015 comes into effect on Monday and will condemn poorer students to a ‘lifetime of debt’, says NUS. More...
RIP maintenance grants. It’s one more move to keep the poor from education
By . As a student from a low-income background, I relied on my grant. Now we risk becoming a country in which only the privileged can go to university. More...
Abolition of student maintenance grant 'will hurt those most in need'
By Sally Weale. Education experts say replacement of grants with loans will deter poorer students from going to university. More...
State support for students: what a difference 30 years makes
By Hilary Osborne. University students in England can no longer apply for maintenance grants. What other entitlements have gone since 1986. More...