Student

Conversations between regional government and student body fail to lift Pamplona strike

Students will need to shed the pounds to pass new course designed to combat country's obesity crisis

On International Stammering Awareness Day, two academics who stammer explain why higher education must do more to support those with this ‘invisible disability’

The entrepreneur and philanthropist on not going to university, student start-up mistakes and Brexit

As the Treasury Committee inquiry into tuition fees starts today, David Richardson warns that any reforms must ensure that universities remain properly funded

Helen Carasso on the inconsistencies of England's fees system, ahead of her appearance at the Treasury Committee's investigation into student loan systems

A ‘European Campus’ has already been created by French, Swiss and German universities

Josiah Marineau on the importance of giving a purpose to students’ passion

Removing university status from post-92 institutions would disproportionately impact already marginalised and vulnerable social groups, says Ben Whitham

In the past six years, the number of new part-time students in England has fallen by 56 per cent, writes Peter Horrocks

Student accommodation wardens are latest to be imprisoned in Turkey's anti-Gülenist crackdown

Office for Students’ Nicola Dandridge says new regulator will not guarantee union seat on board

Watchdog’s new guidelines aim to stop ‘contract cheating’ on campus

Ali Milani believes that the NSS in its current form could be a threat to students’ unions

Andy Green weighs up the three main parties’ higher education policies and suggests his own solution to the funding question

Social scientists must create a culture in which individuals regularly observe, analyse and interpret their own data, says Geoff Mulgan

Quiet acceptance of accent discrimination damages efforts to make classrooms more inclusive, says Katerina Loukopoulou

Cost of compliance with Home Office rules uncovered by Study Group

Unlike in the UK and the US, German graduates tend to vote in quite similar ways to other citizens. But not in the case of the AfD, writes David Matthews

Nick Hillman writes from the Labour Party Conference in Brighton, where – happily – he finds fewer lobbyists and more activists

Despite advances in artificial intelligence, humans will always have the edge over machines when it comes to teaching, says Aldwyn Cooper

Downplaying the vital role that universities play in encouraging creativity could endanger the main engine of economic growth, say Luca Cacciolatti and Soo Hee Lee

Vigilante mob face murder charges over campus killing of student Mashal Khan

Universities are right to re-examine the support in place for students in light of soaring suicide rates, says health secretary Jeremy Hunt

As The Sunday Times reports proposals to cut fees, Sir Keith Burnett asks how we measure ‘value for money’ in education?

Iran's detention of a history PhD student for alleged spying has been condemned by Princeton and US government

If universities want to get more disadvantaged students into university, they need to help them access the support their better-off peers take for granted, argues James Grant

Glasgow vice-chancellor Sir Anton Muscatelli defends ‘cost-efficient’ sector driving UK growth

Two UK institutions lead our ranking of the best universities for the first time in its history, with Oxford holding on to the number one spot for the second year in a row, while Cambridge has risen to second place

Latest evidence overseas students are being put off US universities by political situation

Thousands of university staff are set to pay more towards pensions under proposals

Costs for students rising at triple the rate of inflation, triggering calls for rental caps

Seven top universities establish political monitoring units in response to state ‘rectification reports’

Singaporeans are starting to question the benefit of recruiting so much global research talent, say Pang Eng Fong and Linda Lim

Don’t blame vice-chancellors for their salaries – we need to rethink where power lies in universities, says Tom Cutterham

It is time to consider how we can stop senior academics bullying their way on to research papers, says Trisha Greenhalgh

Brain-boosting drugs can help students and academics alike to unlock their potential, says Hemmel Amrania

Sword-fighting, drinking, history and camaraderie: struggling to recruit, ancient brotherhoods mull their image problem

Variations in the Russell Group demonstrate a mixed national picture, write Joshua Stubbs and Paul Wakeling

Key figures from the university sector respond to the 2017 A-level results

Replacing England’s tuition fee system with a cheaper and fairer alternative is not as difficult as many claim, says Andrew Adonis

Kurdistan shows that post-conflict countries can build a thriving higher education sector by working with foreign partners, says Dlawer Ala’Aldeen

Evidence from Denmark indicates drunken induction weeks make it difficult for reluctant drinkers to feel at home

Think carefully about treating students differently because of their backgrounds

The effectiveness of the NSS boycott means it is now time for universities to sit up and listen, says Sorana Vieru

The success of the student boycott of the National Student Survey is not necessarily a success for students, writes Andrew McRae 

Many students aren’t reporting sexual harassment or assault on campus despite efforts to tackle the problem, say Hareem Ghani and Graham Towl

Dundee life sciences undergraduate frustrated by lack of signs for many essential terms

Prevent monitoring and defeat of legal challenge shows that anti-extremism policy is not limiting academic freedom, says Hifsa Harron-Iqbal

Expanding degree apprenticeships will strengthen universities’ important role in improving their local communities, says Dawn Morley

The UK's ‘red line’ on free movement of labour may prevent its students from participating in the Erasmus exchange programme, says European Union law expert

Providing support for learners on low-cost ‘flat-pack degrees’ is key to expanding international higher education in Australia and worldwide, says Merlin Crossley

Research finds undergraduates ‘self-sort’ by gender and ethnicity for group work

Sally Hunt says new London Economics analysis of loan repayments has exposed the lie that student funding is progressive

‘Staggering’ scale of persecution of Turkish academia condemned by scholars’ group

Universities minister plans tougher protection for students, subject TEF pilot and graduate earnings link

London Economics shows how less well-off graduates will repay more than higher-earning peers

Minister also warns Labour plan to abolish fees would mean ‘Reservoir Dogs ending’ for universities