There's no such thing as a free lunch, or so the old saying goes.
The same is true of textbooks. More...
Edison State Community College breaks ground for new career center
Edison State Community College broke ground Thursday afternoon in preparation for adding its new career center next year. More...
Former refugee among winners of Fields medal – the 'Nobel prize for maths'
Caucher Birkar grew up on a farm near the Kurdish city of Marivan in Iran and spoke little English when he began his PhD. More...
Let's celebrate - not fear - the growing competition for overseas students
International higher education isn’t about a few countries getting all the students, it’s about giving young people opportunities. More...
Why is the government halting loan payments to vulnerable students?
A fraud investigation has left students estranged from their families in extreme poverty. We need an understanding system. More...
‘We took acid and got scared of the pillowcases’: what we learned from our holiday jobs
Can summer work be life-enhancing? Writers, politicians and musicians share what they learned in the laundrette, behind the bar – or cleaning earwax off hearing aids. More...
Student Loans Company 'spied on vulnerable students' social media'
The Student Loans Company (SLC) has been accused of spying on the social media accounts of vulnerable students as part of an anti-fraud drive that resulted in some losing funding and dropping out of university despite no finding of guilt against them. More...
Telling women how not to get raped won't stop sexual violence on campus
Universities need to adopt strategies that focus on the perpetrator – and the role of power – rather than the victim. More...
Fair trade cocaine wouldn’t delight dealers
All cocaine use, regardless of class – in fact all illicit drug use, regardless of class – causes misery through the supply chain (Middle-class cocaine use fuels misery, says Met chief, 1 August). Worse, it lines the pockets of some of the nastiest people on the planet. More...
Why are so many academic conferences hostile to women?
We’re not only patronised and harassed. I attended a venue in a rough neighbourhood, where delegates were physically threatened. More...