Student

As peak marking season approaches, Julianne Law gives a frank assessment of where her university’s new paperless marking system has gone right and what could be improved

Leaving academia can be a wrench, but it can also open up new opportunities to enjoy your discipline, says Greta Perel

New Zealand is reaping many benefits from reducing the cost of a PhD for international students a decade ago, says Brett Berquist

Introducing a ‘consumer-style ratings system’ for degrees has the potential to cause terrible damage to universities and society in general, argues Cathy Shrank

Historic flying of Trans Pride flag at University College Cork follows similar commitment to equality by other Irish universities

Better-resourced universities are the key to achieving the government’s ambition for a knowledge-based economy, says David Mba

Having well-resourced and world-leading university research is crucial if the UK is to succeed as a knowledge economy, says Michael Drew

Pension cuts have been presented as a matter-of-fact and inevitable response to an enormous deficit, but this position has started to unravel, says Jan Machielsen

Where you live and where your family comes from still determine your access to a university education, says London Metropolitan University vice-chancellor John Raftery

Doing a part-time doctoral degree while working full-time is rewarding, but it can be demanding, says Pat Culhane

Diplomatic dinner celebrating US-Australian relations is only the entrée to a full-blown battle over funding cuts that has put the demand-driven system on ice, says John Ross

Students in the UK who are angered and alienated by Brexit must find new ways to collaborate with their European counterparts, says Laura Chiorean

The university strikes are a militant campaign that attacks the very heart of learning as the union propaganda makes clear, says John Marenbon

Too many partisan board members are causing the university pensions dispute to drag on, says Adrian Bell

Don’t blame university support staff for not joining the strike over pensions – it is because too often they are left out of the conversation, says Fiona Whelan

Talk of making arts degrees cheaper than science courses disregards the mix of disciplines that creative industries demand, says Bashir Makhoul

Pensions industry must use academia’s knowledge to create more imaginative solutions to global pensions crisis, argues Lionel Martellini

Ahead of University Mental Health Day on 1 March, Robin Brinkworth argues that institutions must become far more open and accountable on how they are handling student problems

Free Speech University Rankings coordinator Tom Slater says academics are peddling myths and smears to downplay the shocking level of censorship on campus

First sector-wide analysis of UK vice-chancellors’ pay in 2016-17 reveals more six-figure pay-offs to departing heads

Academics do not want to damage students' education but strike action is the only option left to protect pensions, says Sam Marsh

Market forces unleashed on the UK university sector have pushed up senior pay, fuelled the rows over it and posed questions about ‘value for money’ that are shaping the future of universities

Threats to dock pay from university staff working only their hours during the USS pensions dispute ignore academics’ unpaid hours, says Will Pooley

Murky cross-subsidy between university courses must be addressed by the government’s review of higher education funding, argues David Robinson

Despite fears that a new generation of graduates will find themselves serving coffee, Germany’s university leavers have fitted successfully into the economy, analysis finds

Launching the post-18 education review in Derby tells you all you need to know about why yet another look at HE is vital for the prime minister’s political future

The University of Essex’s vice-chancellor explains why he disagrees with Universities UK’s position on USS pension reform

Sheffield Hallam University's vice-chancellor Chris Husbands explains why cutting tuition fees would harm social mobility and why variable fees are also a bad idea

Ahead of the prime minister’s speech on reforming university funding, Charles B. W. Prince suggests four routes to improving student finance

Compound interest rates of 6.1 per cent on student loans are unfair and create a debt trap responsible for today’s worsening mental health crisis, says Estelle Clarke

A law graduate’s attempt to sue the University of Oxford for £1 million over ‘inadequate teaching’ sheds far more light on how students learn than current TEF metrics, says Gill Evans

Universities must resist the urge to make knee-jerk cuts after disappointing application numbers – better times are on the horizon and we must be prepared, says Zahir Irani

Accepting that your doctoral studies will sometimes take second place to family commitments is part of the journey of a PhD student mother, says Annabelle Workman

Universities must dramatically increase their levels of technical training to close the skills gap and deliver social justice, says Robert Halfon

Growing interest in the student mental health crisis is welcome, but it is overburdened hourly paid lecturers who are most at risk of stress in universities, says Sam Christie

Not every course takes three years to complete, says Charles Prince, so we must look at ways to deliver accelerated programmes

Barring controversial speakers has a long heritage and the Office for Students should be very wary of cracking down on it, argues Evan Smith

The 2018 regional rankings use Times Higher Education’s tried and tested methodology to scrutinise Asia

Muddled thinking behind the creation of the new Office for Students risks damaging the UK's world-class universities, says Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Hotbed of student protest may struggle in future because of lack of interest in committee roles

Three student candidates deemed 'appointable' to regulator's board were overlooked in favour of engineering undergraduate

‘Romance is not dead, it's just behind a paywall’

How can more degrees be the solution to urban deprivation when poor areas offer no graduate careers? asks Robert Hesketh

Most human beings think well enough, and students are no exception. They just need help to express it within academic conventions, says Stuart Wrigley

Wilfrid Laurier University admits it mishandled incident in which teaching assistant was accused of creating a ‘toxic’ environment 

The appointment of Young to the OfS board is upsetting but unsurprising, says Lisa Mckenzie

Minerva uses test scores to argue that its programmes give students lead in cognitive skills

Although satisfaction and learning are not the same thing, universities need to be better at explaining the value that they bring, says Will Pooley

Metal artwork by British artist Matthew Ellis accompanies concrete phallus on French campus

Engineer takes institution to human rights body over satirical dig at exceptions for religious clothing

Sally Everett explains how her institution used low-cost and creative measures to transform its support services

Jean-Claude Juncker and Tibor Navracsics on how the EU hopes to make it easier for educators to work across Europe

University of Westminster music academic on fighting with punks, boosting Peter Andre’s career and pioneering ‘classical reggae’

Academic warns universities need to take impact of accent on credibility seriously as it has ‘demotivated’ overseas lecturers

Ex-Edinburgh chemist highlights emotional cost of doctoral study, but work is not a ‘revenge book’

UUK International wants every UK university to join its ‘Go International’ campaign, but institutions find it hard to get students to participate in overseas schemes, says Rachael Pells

Over the past decade, women have opened up a significant lead over men in graduation rates

Noura Al-Jizawi hopes her experience at the University of Toronto will help her to transform her homeland into a democracy

Paris and Brussels are now taking legal action against sites critics accuse of 'pimping'

Turkey’s president was unwise to evoke Animal Farm when his attack on academics has eerie echoes of George Orwell’s novel, says Umut Özkirımli