The discontent of South Africa’s students goes beyond fees
The country’s young are angry about more than just tuition costs, which is why solutions are difficult, says Martin Hall

The country’s young are angry about more than just tuition costs, which is why solutions are difficult, says Martin Hall
We wish to register our dismay at vice-chancellor John Raftery’s asset-stripping, course-closing, job-cutting plan for London Metropolitan University, which has been spun as a “one campus, one...
Not all foreign education providers in South Africa are new or there to exploit a country and continent, as your editorial might suggest (“Africa needs education, not exploitation”, Leader, 22...
The article on Yale-NUS College misrepresents the state of humanities education in Singapore (“Yale-NUS College extends reach of liberal arts’ ‘forbidden fruits’”, News, 22 October). The National...
I am the Imperial College London scientist who worked on the tooth palace collaboration that was criticised by Simon Singh (“Simon Singh criticises wasteful spending in science outreach”, News, 13...
I was interested to read Sir Anthony Seldon’s “10 steps to address the student mental health crisis” (16 October). This problem can be especially prevalent among international students who are far...

Government statistics reveal that white school-leavers are less likely, proportionally, to enter higher education than those from other ethnic groups

In accepting industry funding, universities must be transparent if they are to sustain public faith in the independence of research

UK is top in life sciences while Asia performance varies

The 2016 Times Higher Education university ranking for life sciences subjects once again shows the universities of Oxford, Harvard, Cambridge, Stanford and Caltech leading the way.

Shadow chancellor to address London rally that also opposes scrapping of maintenance grants