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Maintenance loan leaves average student £265 out of pocket each month, survey suggests

Number of BTECs held by prospective university students on the up

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Popular action can still make a difference, as the U-turn on the fate of a university politics department shows, says John Holford

Study of 2,000 university students finds procrastination raises risk for engaging in academic misconduct

Roehampton professor urges universities to examine policies and practices that are making difference invisible

Report says students in countries such as the US and Germany have an advantage because their curricula develop more statistical fluency

Respondents to Hepi poll were generally positive about the contribution of international undergraduates and lecturers to UK universities

Survey finds that 46.6 per cent of academics shared family photos and information such as their favourite films or books

Human error blamed for issue of statement detailing £12K debt

A lack of clarity on how to report incidents in UK universities is problematic, says Susuana Antubam

Analysis by admissions service finds medicine and accountancy students emphasise career aspirations

The finest malapropisms and typos the sector has seen in our look back at the winners of the last five years

Open University vice-chancellor calls on government to arrest drop in enrolment

Graduates looking and applying for jobs earlier in their degrees following fee increase

‘Buoyant market’ leads to unfilled posts

The former universities minister discusses the reforms that reshaped higher education and his first steps into academia

Undergraduates are ready to be inspired by the right call, says Alex Valente

Universities must address campus ‘drink culture’, whose consequences are reflected in adjudicator’s caseload, says Rob Behrens

Efforts to reject a consumerist approach to higher education are undermined by unions’ own reliance on money-making activities, a new study claims

By Kellie Woodhouse, for Inside Higher Ed

More than half of female students reading science subjects at the University of Bristol said that they have felt uncomfortable at the institution because of their gender

The government will not halt its planned changes to Disabled Students’ Allowances as they will “improve the levels of support overall” for students, according to Jo Johnson

Additional support for part-time undergraduates also under consideration

New study suggests using phones in class could actually be beneficial, provided students stay on topic

A conference will explore the role of “Universities in Revolution and State Formation” all the way from 19th-century Sicily to the Arab Spring.

The Office for Fair Access is to review how much poorer students benefit from financial support while at university.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced the government department covering higher education will have its budget for this year cut by a further £450 million.

Institution may close one of its engineering schools after a 'disappointing result' in the research excellence framework

GPA degree classifications are coming, but will getting a ‘4.25’ ever match up to a first?

Universities have confirmed their opposition to any academic boycott of Israel following votes by student and lecturer groups in favour of sanctions.

The National Union of Students will not hold a national demonstration against austerity and student poverty this autumn after outgoing president Toni Pearce used her casting vote to block the action

Staff at London Metropolitan University will hold a one-day strike this week in a row over job cuts

A well-known author and academic has suggested her students should “go back to the womb” if they can’t cope with the kind of disturbing material literature has always dealt with

Black and minority ethnic undergraduates report experiencing racial slurs and isolation

Delegates complain of ‘lack of tolerance’ and ‘time wasting’ in open letter to National Union of Students

The male student societies are under pressure like never before. Is it time to shut them down – or can they mend their ways?

Mortuary science finds the dead in good spirit, discovers Christopher Bigsby

Many university employees say their institution has no policy on how to tackle online abuse

Students angry at institution’s failure to move to full divestment

The University of Oxford alumna hoping to sue the institution over its sexual assault investigation policy has had her case thrown out

A former student of the University of Oxford has launched a legal challenge against her alma mater over its policy on investigating rape allegations

Forum probes lack of UK students of African and Caribbean heritage taking history degrees, and its echoes in schoolteacher and lecturer cohorts

Support for living costs is vital to participation, but grants that help to provide it are under threat, say Nick Hillman and Nicholas Robinson

Despite students reporting increasing levels of satisfaction with UK higher education, one area is bucking the trend: university accommodation.

A student occupation at the London School of Economics has come to an “amicable end”, according to the institution – although protesters said there were “legal threats”.

Megan Dunn sets out priorities as she defends the right to occupy

The Education-USA initiative to attract overseas students is a wake-up call for the UK, argues Chris Cobb

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

Awareness of the impact of lad culture and the specific behaviours associated with it needs to be increased, conference hears

Daniel K. Sokol on student complaints, illness and the limits of scholars’ expertise

Study reveals half of students skip over attribution and many have lenient views on punishment for cheats

Former vice-president promises to focus on tackling cost of living crisis

Those studying at Arizona State and other universities are in demand as firms across the US seek fresh business insights, says Jon Marcus

Study finds union leadership to be unreflective of the students they represent, being still dominated by middle-class white men

By Jake New, for

The University of the Arts London is taking legal action to evict students who have staged a three-week occupation of one of its art schools.

Students are planning to vote in huge numbers in the general election, according to a survey, despite many lacking faith that doing so will help improve their lives.

Postgraduate students at the University of Bradford claim they are being kicked out of their accommodation over the summer so rooms can be rented out to people attending a science festival.

University may apply to lift stay on small claims court pursuit of graduate determined not to pay for ‘inadequate’ tuition