Students

The UK has the lowest higher education drop-out rate in Europe, a new study shows.

If Labour does adopt a graduate tax policy it will be making a grave mistake, says Emran Mian

Sanaz Raji criticises eight-month wait for decision from the Office of the Independent Adjudicator

How do you prepare students for the impossible? asks Kevin Fong

Letters asks UCU and Ucea to resolve differences

Universities should provide advice to prospective students, recommends BIS report

Open letter includes cleaning cloths with guide on removing any further ‘unwanted chalk marks’

Student’s father also receives apology after number of failings identified

Lawyer criticises university for drawn-out process that has led to ‘mere reprimand’

How has debt from higher fees changed students?

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

The University of Sussex has held further disciplinary hearings in the case of students who took part in protests on campus in 2013.

Tough-minded women are likely to do better in their university studies than men with similar characteristics of “resilience”, a study says.

Students should not be expected to ‘perform’ their emotional commitment to trendy political orthodoxies, says Bruce Macfarlane

Declared cases are multiplying, but the diagnosis still lacks scientific rigour, argues Julian Elliott

Scheme to be run jointly with Higher Education Funding Council for England

One-third of club dancers are now students, and many are middle class

Chinese students in the UK are keen to get work experience, and it would help them to integrate, says Bin Wu

The Office of Fair Trading has told universities to review rules that stop students from graduating if they have non-tuition fee debts.

ULU vice-president and NUS black students’ officer also on ballot

The results of a study of ‘laddism’ on campus

Novice car-buyer Kevin Fong on the value of preparing students for real-world challenges

Unite Group and University Alliance envisage future in which university life could be almost exclusively about training for employment

No consensus among student representatives on segregated audiences for campus events, THE poll suggests

The experience of uncapping numbers in the UK will be different from that in Australia, says Libby Hackett

By Allie Grasgreen, for Inside Higher Ed

Arguing the case for market forces in higher education will become harder if a university looks likely to fail, warns Emran Mian

A growing zeal to address ‘well-being’ diverts resources from those who really need help, says Kathryn Ecclestone

Students assigned an old-fashioned date by Boston College lecturer

Increasingly litigious students are consequence of consumerist nature of universities, says lawyer

Does more mean better or worse?

Edward Snowden is standing to become the next rector for the University of Glasgow.

The University of Cumbria has become the first UK institution to accept Bitcoin for the payment of tuition fees

Deputy vice-chancellor steps down from panel after claims of bias

Student marketing spend trebled as Salford shut low-demand courses

Tutors focus on penalties but students respond on ethical level, study finds

How has 16 years of growth in enrolment affected the fortunes of different disciplines?

Human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson QC is to represent students suspended by the University of Sussex over an occupation at the institution

Universities struggle to cover costs of dropouts as government support is cut

Daniel Sokol’s honorary post at King’s College London withdrawn

The reckless pursuit of rank threatens the academy’s future, argues Roger Brown

We’ll make the principles of Robbins a 21st-century reality, minister promises

Fewer sixth-form students want to attend a university near their home despite tuition fees rising to £9,000 a year, a new survey says.

Wearing of shirts depicting Prophet Mohammed and Jesus ‘did not amount to harassment’

‘Manhattan Project’ that some think could pave the way for variable fees proceeds with Nuffield funding

Student leaders criticised over perceived failure to support grass-roots members joining in demonstrations

Border states a key battleground as the struggle for international income intensifies

Judgment is a key development in student athletes’ bid to claim a cut of billion-dollar college sports

Following student protests, government mulls a sector report calling for change. Cyrille Cartier writes

Aldwyn Cooper takes aim at the coalition’s haphazard policymaking

Sir Adrian Smith suggests protesters wanted police involved to generate ‘headlines’

More than 1,200 people have signed a petition against a ban on protesting at the University of London

More students are seeking help from university counsellors amid growing concerns over debt and future job prospects.

Thirty-six people were arrested after another confrontation between protesters and police at the University of London.

At least three demonstrators were arrested as security staff and police broke up a student occupation of the University of London’s Senate House.

The government will abolish the cap on student numbers “altogether” the year after next, George Osborne has announced

Generous funding and quality tuition make US universities an attractive choice, says Alan Ryan

Student associations call for more, affordable residence places

The state is confronting student protest with an iron fist while promising to relax its grip on the academy. Jack Grove reports from the country

As Times Higher Education launches the BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2014, Jim O’Neill says the UK can help the world and itself by going global