Students

Shock electoral success of protest movement shows strong public support for universities, but experts caution demonstrators may not be prepared to govern

Policy regime ‘more restrictive than ever’ as international education industry figures gather for annual summit in Sydney

From Paris to French Guiana, three university students describe the frustrations motivating them to keep protesting despite a major security operation planned for the weekend

Shadow minister claims credit as latest data shows 5 per cent jump in Australian university commencements

Belgian liberal MEP says the UK should not consider participation as merely a ‘one-year experiment’ as Brussels debates what future scheme should look like

Ahmed Abuhassan, who has a fully funded place at University College Dublin, urges Ireland’s justice minister to reconsider his decision to reject visa

R&D funding boosts and student loan repayment cuts floated as major and minor parties joust over tertiary education policy

Report by thinktank Equi calls for alternative student finance system, as well as minimum requirement for ‘faith-based’ spaces on campuses

Human rights charity says actions taken to manage campus demonstrations have undermined universities’ role as ‘places of open enquiry’

Students and staff to have more seats at the table, state government promises, ahead of fiercely contested election

Royal Holloway student threatens legal action over decision to involve anti-terror authorities in investigation of his social media posts

Thousands of students calling for better university conditions and job prospects have taken to the streets of Albania’s capital in recent days

Post-92s better at equipping students with digital skills – while most undergraduates interested in degrees tailored to them by technology

Major survey finds reduction in internships and placements, casting doubt on vice-chancellors’ pledge to offer opportunities for all undergraduates

More cases expected to be heard this week after Irish government rejected more than 100 applications from Gaza

Institutions warned PhD students particularly vulnerable to ‘boundary blurring and grooming’

‘Painful’ times ahead as both sides of Australian politics look to slash international enrolments in ‘competition over a single number’

Newcastle and Westminster join Southampton in decision not to renew deal with plagiarism checker amid questions over how once-ubiquitous service is adapting to AI age

Presidents say they agree with concerns over ‘opaque’ admissions but won’t deal with ‘masked individuals ordering people to leave’

Latest Home Office statistics show student visa bids hit five-year low for pivotal recruitment month

Party’s higher education spokesperson calls for all university students to have at least English and maths GCSEs

Large study finds students fear procrastination holding them back more than other factors such as anxiety, depression and financial challenges

Universities welcome budget measures to ease burden on students, but say financial problems left ‘essentially untouched’

Beijing-organised monitoring of UK seminars endangers student safety and free speech, says UCL censorship critic

University leaders split over how much of the sector has been hit by tighter immigration compliance rules, although financial fallout may force rethink on HE funding model, some predict

Students left underoccupied and ‘kicking their heels’ at university, according to former Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman

Shorter courses and focus on AI help universities in Gulf increase admissions by 15 per cent in one year

Languages and music departments to close despite strikes and protests but university insists it has addressed staff concerns in revised plans

University students have joined a massive revolt against the education system in the country, mounting blockades at dozens of institutions 

Canberra accused of ‘policy whack-a-mole’ as it details latest rule changes to an industry already in ‘dire straits’

UK students being told that modules are cancelled and recommended options outside their courses, union reports

Well-meaning interventions to help students avoid struggle, emotional pain or failure have gone too far, says Jennifer DeBurro

Higher education minister says greater use of student loans could form part of the solution for the trouble-hit National Student Financial Aid Scheme

Student ambassador programme is the latest example of AI solidifying its place on university campuses, but observers question its ethics

Head of new mission group for smaller ‘research-led’ universities rejects minimum tariff and differential fee plans endorsed by larger institutions

But experts question whether recording rape separately from other forms of serious sexual misconduct is a sensible move

We must help students realise that academic study and communicating in multinational linguistic environments are distinct skills, says Carlos Chow

Survey comes after vice-chancellors said they wanted every undergraduate in England to undertake work experience as part of their degree

Landmark report also reveals slow progress in quest for workers to have degrees

If the logistics of mass placements require students to organise their own, those without their own networks will suffer, advocates warn

Chief executive Libby Hackett says top universities should charge more as scale of teaching deficit is revealed

Australia’s shadow education minister bemoans loss of competition in sector, while committing to suite of policies well before next election

Laugh at the ‘influencer major’ but the real joke is the supposedly ‘safe’ university degrees we’re still selling, says Matthew Brophy

Minimise the need for students to give their account of events multiple times, universities told by ombudsman 

Vice-chancellor appointment follows contentious deputy v-c roles in Victoria

Thinktank run by Dan Neidle says proposed NI cut for under-25s will benefit employers, not graduates

The National Student Ombudsman will also introduce penalties for late payment and ‘enforcement action’ on refuseniks, minister says

Bold plan to support graduate employment would require placements for 1.4 million students annually

Toppling of a building in Delhi intensifies discussions around university infrastructure and student safety

Proposal reflects trade-off between making benefits reasonably accessible and spreading them too thin

Students continue to suffer long after their degree providers or courses suddenly disappear, says report by England’s student complaints handler

Legal centre says Israeli universities have suspended students for simply ‘liking’ Palestinian flags

Opposition calls on Labor to reconsider over-enrolment caps with bill facing rocky passage through Senate

Higher education dominates post-Covid recovery, as vocational enrolments remain suppressed

Anti-war group that helps people avoid conscription sees requests leap after Kremlin campaign to recruit students into the military

Even though defaulting debtors risk arrest at the airport, ‘campaigns’ to recover student loans net surprisingly meagre returns

Dependants and visa-hoppers reportedly in the frame of looming crackdown, as rejection rates remain at near-record levels

Sector’s worsening financial situation laid bare by new analysis conducted as part of wide-ranging review of university system

Burnham government seen as more likely than Starmer to act on growing calls to relieve pressure on young graduates

Any concessions made by new prime minister likely to be fiercely opposed by universities fearful of losing millions of pounds in income