Less than half of students trust universities to keep data safe
UK students are concerned about rumours of universities facing data security issues, says survey
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‘Mismatch’ between grades and course ‘bigger for poor students’
Female students are also more likely than men to be ‘undermatched’ to courses with lower graduate earnings
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UUK kept critical report on English regulator under wraps
Paper warns that Office for Students must work to build ‘constructive dialogue’ and ‘assure itself’ that it meets legal requirements
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The week in higher education – 5 December 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Robot era nears as machine conducts 100,000 experiments a year
The dream of robot researchers is edging closer with automated laboratory producing five years of experiments in just two weeks, experts claim
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Most UK students ‘don’t think free speech under threat’ on campus
King’s College London survey finds ‘significant agreement’ between students and the public ‘on the value of freedom of expression’
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Is cooperation the antidote to higher education’s competitive anxiety?
As concerns rise about mainstream universities’ affordability, social impact and working cultures, the UK’s Labour Party is mulling the idea of fostering cooperative, comprehensive universities. John...
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The BAME attainment gap is not the fault of BAME students
Asking BAME students to spend significant amounts of time helping universities decolonise the curriculum is far from the ideal solution, says Daniel Akinbosede
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Harvard teaching assistants strike over wages and protections
University’s first graduate walkout since 1973 comes as winter break approaches
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Landlords ‘deceiving’ foreign students in Australia
Australian study finds no difference between housing arranged overseas and lodgings organised locally
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Australia introduces law against contract cheating services
Draft bill ‘clarified’ to prevent inadvertent targeting of family and friends
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Labour vote set to hold up among HE staff, THE survey suggests
But results also suggest tactical voting – often due to Brexit – rather than policy is driving many choices
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Black students in US ‘at higher risk of attempting suicide’
Study finds that students who are more likely to perceive stigma around mental health issues have greater odds of exhibiting suicidal behaviour
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UK general election 2019: where could students impact the vote?
Students could have significant impact on individual seats, THE modelling suggests, but jury is out on whether this might change overall result