John Cleese’s headmaster is no role model for academics
While learning to work quickly is a useful life skill, a greater gift to students is permitting unhurried excursions and digressions, says Shahidha Bari

While learning to work quickly is a useful life skill, a greater gift to students is permitting unhurried excursions and digressions, says Shahidha Bari

Higher education funding from US state governments has always been volatile, but reforms to healthcare could put public universities’ income under even greater pressure, says Will Doyle

Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University are making huge gains in the student satisfaction stakes, writes Seth Jacobson

New kid on the block, Harper Adams University, outshines established institutions with its great teaching and outstanding amenities, finds Jack Grove

What will the landscape look like 10 years from now? David Matthews examines the demographic trends, social shifts and technological advances that look set to shape the sector’s future

With its bucolic setting and ‘cosy village feel’, it’s little wonder that students give Harper Adams a big thumbs up, writes Sanya Burgess

An inclusive approach and a strong commitment to welfare on campus are key to keeping Sheffield’s students happy, finds Gabriel Pogrund

Accommodation remains the main area of dissatisfaction among students but the universities of Reading, Northumbria and Aston are bucking the trend. Cherry Maslen finds out how

Students from some of the top performing universities in the 2017 Student Experience Survey discuss what makes their university great