Unions are fighting for better wages for students who have to work. Kathryn Jackson reports Last year, a 24-year-old student named Simon Jones took a job as a labourer on Shoreham docks, West Sussex...
While some student unions have banned the army from recruiting in freshers' week, women students are queueing up to join its Officer Training Corps for the training, experience and financial help it...
Like many students, Charles Bratton went to work during the Christmas break because he needed the money. "I couldn't have continued with my studies without a Christmas placement. The only job I could...
Oxford frowns on it; Bill Gates made a million at it; Strathclyde positively encourages it. Anne Sebba reports on the UK undergraduates setting up their own companies Kate Jillings (left), 19, is...
Oxford frowns on it; Bill Gates made a million at it; Strathclyde positively encourages it. Anne Sebba reports on the UK undergraduates setting up their own companies In 1973 Bill Gates entered...
Kirsty Beaton, 20, is a third-year medical student at Cambridge University and a member of the England under-21 female hockey squad Monday A morning of lectures , then it's off to the gym for a...
With Prospects Direct, an online job search and news service, students can stay on top of the job market. Run by the Higher Education Careers Service Unit, it includes a recruitment email service...
The growth of sports education should be good news for Britain's international aspirations. But can students honestly combine academe with success on the track or field? Tom Davies reports Sports...
Jennifer Currie talks to a mother whose student daughter died of meningitis before the government's vaccination programme was put in place Primary teacher Rita Harries was at school when the call...
Promoting awareness of meningitis among students can be a springboard, enabling counsellors to talk to students about other concerns - from sex and drugs to stress and mental health. In halls of...
Melbourne Australian university students are in for a testing time, with about a third of universities expected to take part in initial trials of the federal government's new graduate skills...
Last month in The THES... Andrew Pakes argued that students should be allowed to claim housing benefit Hillary Shaw Geography postgraduate University of Leeds I do think students should be able to...
Do you think you could restrain the urge to publish whatever Graham Zellick and Don Staniford send you? J Karczewski-Slowikowski Academic registrar Manchester Metropolitan University
Responses to Learning to Succeed, the white paper on 16 to 19-year-olds The Association of Colleges warns that involving two different agencies in inspecting the same provision in the same classrooms...
Turin Polytechnic is offering Italy's first degree course in automobile engineering. Four women are among the 60 students enrolled on the five-year course, which is the result of a joint project by...