Students

Overseas students’ rebounding satisfaction rates coincide with Australian policy moves to keep them out

Simplistic analyses belie the complex evolution of students, instruction, reading practices, college regulations and communications media, says Harvey Graff

Undergraduates at Nigeria’s Covenant University enjoy their classes on how to have a happy marriage, says leader

Young voters ‘desperate for politicians to offer them more’, feeling that MPs don’t value their views

Students see benefits to paid work beyond the money, but they would welcome help in advocating for better pay and conditions, say six academics

Currency devaluation makes it harder for families to afford higher education, and for institutions to pay their staff

Agents had not kept their clients in the loop despite pocketing thousands of dollars in fees, survey finds

University managers must be committed to cultivating a compassionate culture and building trust in the workplace, says Andrew Woon

Students concerned that High Court decision to overturn a ban on political groups at university could lead to more unrest

Steepest recorded decline in college graduation numbers joins sliding enrolment and unprecedented campus closures among major nationwide warning signs

Education minister apologises after investigation finds students from migrant backgrounds were disproportionately selected for home visits

Preliminary results showed students who used VR headsets reported greater improvements in how calm they felt compared with those who accessed interventions via smartphones

US central bank finds Biden’s promises on debt are potentially turning borrowers away from loans with more favourable repayment plans

After 2020 campaign promise, and Supreme Court rejection, president still sees winning hand in college debt relief

First-years in Utrecht targeted by ‘bangalijst’ have been pursuing legal action against members of student group responsible for document

Universities must gear themselves up to deal with an activity that has ‘evolutionary roots’, academic integrity expert argues

Higher education might not be doorstep issue for voters but the importance of universities in tackling the world’s biggest problems has never been higher, argue Amanda Broderick and Patrizio Bianchi

Scamsters enlisted dozens of Indonesian universities to embellish the educational benefits of a German holiday jobs programme, police say

Inflated marks, overworked staff and politically compromised courses are the price of exploiting offshore UK-registered students, says Michael Day

Left-wing victory at India's JNU subject of Bollywood film

Delays and baffling rejections are leaving their mark, analyst warns

Pivotal Australian report risks enshrining curse of ‘low expectations’, critics warn

‘Low-risk’ institutions now in the minority as universities carry the can for non-fraudulent visa refusals

In a nation that struggles to get minority students into medicine, Ontario university eyes progress in broader admissions process

Women who complete their PhDs in workplaces with high harassment rates less likely to remain in research, Danish study finds

Both sides claim a win, with Pavlou lauding ‘legacy’ and university saying legal fees have been put to better use

Cost of not reimbursing mandatory placements could be higher, advocates warn

Mounting evidence of success leads to nationwide explosion of system that lets students take regular courses while filling gaps in their learning

Sutton Trust recommends reintroduction of maintenance grants, lifting of parental income threshold, and more progressive loan repayment system

In long-running battle, nation’s top court allows West Texas A&M University to block LGBTQ student performance while lower courts decide its ultimate legality

Australian visa refusals strain credibility, as data suggest foreign students are shielding the country from recession

The redundancies and course closures proposed at many struggling UK universities follow a decades-long drift away from the idea of higher education institutions as charities whose non-commercial public benefit needs to be supported by profit-making activity, argues Martin Mills

Programme for young Americans to study in Ireland needs $40 million endowment to ensure future, founder says

Sinn Féin proposes bill in Irish Dáil that would make it an offence for landlords to seek sex in exchange for rental housing

With the University of Kent becoming the latest lower-tariff English university to mull course closures, students might be frozen out, says Becky Muradás-Taylor

Baroness Foster of Oxton falsely alleged that Oxford PhD student Melika Gorgianeh had displayed ‘disgusting antisemitic symbols’

University known for politics, piety and scandal penalised for longstanding pattern of hiding reports of sexual abuses and other community safety concerns

Leadership alliances and equity focus set to battle political interference and disillusion with candidates after strong gain in previous presidential poll

Tolerance and respect are still expected, but a new kind of deference to group identity is emerging among students, say Stephen Hawkins and Mylien Duong

Students feeling lonely and ‘underwhelmed’ by university experience, warns UPP Foundation report based on survey and focus groups

Recommended reforms, such as abolishing the Job-Ready Graduates fee hikes for humanities, will gold-plate the Help system, says Maxwell Yong

Couple whose daughter died while studying at Bristol argue legislation can provide clarity as universities contend with spate of student suicides

Opportunities that enhance employability and the student experience will boost both enrolments and donations, says Robert Phillips

New body will have investigative powers and ability to settle complaints when universities behave ‘unreasonably’ – including recommending fee refunds

Parties to return to court having failed to reach agreement in case that could have wide-ranging implications for UK sector

Cornell and Penn among the Ivy League institutions to stop tradition to reduce stress over grades

With applicant numbers declining despite big recruitment plans, report argues more incentives are needed to turn student interest into enrolments

As officials ward off questions about debt relief, tax office outlines the cost of changes to ‘grossly unfair’ repayment quirk

Anti-Jewish hate reaches record high as vast majority of cases recorded by Community Security Trust come after 7 October

Hepi paper says rents need to come down by about 30 per cent in response to cost-of-living crisis

Judge upholds ruling that university discriminated against student by failing to adjust how she was assessed 

At their university’s first-ever Republican conference, campus leaders stress their belonging and the importance of controlling academia’s agenda

Test of mentoring on thousands of students who left without degrees suggests that bureaucratic attitudes pose daunting barrier to key national policy goal

Even though half of STEM students say that they are religious, atheist worldviews are perceived to dominate in the laboratory

Administrators toughen policies and responses after watching Ivy League presidents ousted

Endless accommodations and coaxing are only encouraging student uninterest and indolence, says Michael Baumann

Incongruous Australian indexation rules to see arts students paying A$17,000 a year, unless accord’s final report produces an overhaul

Policy that has allowed universities to automatically charge students for course materials comes under threat from Biden administration

Experts describe drop as disappointing but caution that a number of statistical reasons could be behind the decrease

OIA caseload continues to rise despite end of pandemic restrictions and fallout from marking boycott yet to hit