Students

High-profile critic of Prevent has attracted criticism from Jewish student societies over her comments on Israel-Palestine conflict

An idea formed in a Dublin bar could help Oxford in its ambition to act with greater ‘agility and generosity’, says principal of Lady Margaret Hall

Sung-Mo Kang says the university has increased its support to international staff and students but it is still difficult to recruit from overseas

Pilot scheme at Lady Margaret Hall will accept 12 students who ‘would not normally apply or succeed in competing through conventional channels’

Rima Amin asks whether linking the questionnaire to the teaching excellence framework will turn undergraduates decisively against it

Opposition calls on government to help meet funding shortfall

TUC analysis of the ONS Labour Force Survey highlights gap between BME and white workers

University games are worth standing up for, say Vince Mayne and Ian Diamond

Matthew Reisz welcomes an academics’ list of vital texts for those entering higher education

Scholars choose ‘essential’ texts to introduce sixth-formers to the academy

Could the St John's College scheme be first step towards Ivy League-style system of financial support?

Analysis reveals some disciplines could leave graduates at a much greater risk of being replaced by machines in the future

Major new research on graduate earnings by course and university shows social background is key

Ballot for industrial action is called despite ongoing pay talks over pay claim for 2016-17

Just because students' exam results have always been publicly released doesn't make it right, says Priscilla Mensah

Director of the Observatory on Borderless Higher Education says 'the tide is against' these specialist institutions

Students without family support should be prioritised in the drive to reduce dropout rates, says Becca Bland

Lack of independent working blamed for difficulties making the leap from undergraduate to doctoral work

Universities UK analysis claims that students from the rest of the European Union ‘spend money and create jobs in all corners of the UK’

Offspring of lone parents are an overlooked group in widening participation, study suggests

The UK has the most institutions in the Times Higher Education 150 Under 50 Rankings 2016

Scholar explores clothing brand’s role in student life

The Californian institution said it will recruit top-performing graduates from the online university

Salary thresholds for non-EU nationals may drive students to rival nations, warns immigration expert

Do changes to degree courses reflect a more pluralistic society or are they driven by a desire for more radical approaches?

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

Football team being doused in ‘milky fermented alcohol’ shines light on practice more commonly associated with the US

Liberals’ first budget also includes extra support for students

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Fascination with ‘dark studies’ needs to be countered by studies of the Enlightenment, says Robert Zaretsky

Six per cent of young first degree entrants fail to advance to second year, Hesa data show

Rules introduced by Scotland's ombudsman have forced universities to improve how they handle student complaints, says University of Edinburgh expert

Trend that started in US high schools is increasingly being reported on the country's university campuses, reports Josh Logue for Inside Higher Ed

Prospective students in China are no longer looking only at traditionally elite institutions, says director of British Council in the country

V-c reveals the factors that have added to the rankings surge of this post-92 institution

Millions of pounds of expenditure mean that many UK universities now offer truly world-class sport and fitness facilities

How do universities rated ‘best for industry connections’ improve their students’ employability?

Why do London’s universities cluster towards the bottom of the rankings?

There have been some significant shifts in the way that students approach university with a more ‘professional’ attitude to study emerging

Loughborough University tops the poll, with its emphasis on student participation, says Jack Grove

Did art schools such as Central Saint Martins ever have a golden age and, if they did, is it irrevocably lost? Anna Coatman writes

Campaigners believe 1994 Zellick guidelines may be at odds with equalities and human rights legislation

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

The outgoing independent adjudicator talks to THE about eight years at the OIA and the future of sector regulation

Rob Behrens warns some international learners cannot express themselves properly, let alone follow a course

Some institutions are starting to listen to the growing call for better access to menstruation products, reports Jake New for Inside Higher Ed

Ellie Bothwell blogs from the opening of the British Council’s UK-China Education Policy Week in Beijing

President of free online university says universities will be forced to change either their price structure or their offering 

Monthly sessions at Nottingham Trent University aim to prepare asylum seekers for higher education

As the social media platform celebrates its 10th anniversary, Jack Grove examines how it has changed doctoral study

Jeffrey Lehman says American universities have the resources and autonomy to be innovative

Times Higher Education event will explore how to educate Africa’s increasing number of young people

Conference hears that fundamental skills, rather than specific languages, will serve graduates throughout their careers

About half of poorer students would have applied to university differently without a grant, Sodexo research also suggests

Although many students praise aspects of their university experience, the majority are still unhappy about what they get in return for fees

John Hennessy also tells THE of his regret at not launching New York campus

Undergraduates endorsed patently false statements in US experiment

Might mass polls by live audiences actually be a better way to choose the right applicant?

Professor Webley was ‘inspired leader’ and will be ‘sorely missed’, say colleagues of the acclaimed academic

University of Illinois research finds ‘brilliant’ or ‘genius’ more often used to describe male academics