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Amount paid out to English and Welsh students more than doubles in a year, driven by cases involving ‘serious disruption’ and ‘misleading information’

Institutions advising on Armenia’s merger plans should consider how ‘academic city’ will make student protest impossible, warns Harvard professor

While main parties battle over debt-wipe proposal in ߣߣÊÓƵn election, critic says scale of fees is the real issue

Union says means-tested grants of up to £4,224 should be reintroduced on top of existing loans, as spending review looms

New restrictions following pro-Palestinian encampments appear to contravene ߣߣÊÓƵn universities’ commitments on free speech, says legal academic

Three-term system ‘suited the time’, but post-pandemic conditions bring new priorities, says university

As people from non-traditional backgrounds become the majority in ߣߣÊÓƵn universities, a legal academic argues that efforts to accommodate them can help the old guard too

Debt forgiveness could reduce graduates’ borrowing capacity, as home ownership becomes defining issue of upcoming election

Thai study adds to growing body of literature supporting pet therapy for students with mental health conditions

Institutions scramble to quell â€˜panic’ caused by visa revocations, while seeking to avoid incurring wrath of regime intent on cutting funding

Third straight year that number of first-class degrees awarded falls, although some UK universities continue to buck the trend

Cost of living concerns and difficulties finding graduate jobs drive students to join widespread protests 

Reviving caps could ‘backfire’ if Treasury given more control over what courses universities run, says former universities minister

Call to make UK student transfers easier as report finds lack of career options central reason behind post-university remorse

Seven in 10 institutions allow students to take remote tests unsupervised, casting doubt on ‘validity’ of degrees, study finds

Students less likely than employees to report or disclose sexual harassment, according to study of major Swedish university

Institution’s president called disruptive Gaza protests ‘a temper tantrum by children’ in emails released as part of investigation

Promise emerged less than 18 hours after government handed down a slender pre-election budget

Cost-of-living help unveiled for students, staff and graduates, but sector remains all but empty-handed

Tally of unsubsidised students could reach thousands, representative body warns, after enrolments surpass projections

Bridget Phillipson flags ‘wide-scale organised exploitation’ as she announces new measures to combat fraud connected to franchised provision

International students drive growth in taught postgraduate qualifications at UK universities

Teaching and nursing enrolments surge as students seek ‘safer’ career paths in an uncertain and expensive world

Students spiked their visa paperwork to bolster their chances next time around, new data suggests

The development of a healthy academic environment requires inclusivity, dialogue and mutual respect, says Eldho Mathews

Passing five-figure milestone would only involve a small monetary rise but could it change the psychology of the debate around higher education?

The marine biologist and new University of Melbourne vice-chancellor is intent on using insights from beneath the waves to keep her institution afloat through the brewing storms

Politicians pushing STEM courses ‘would be well advised to acknowledge that at present student demand is doing their work for them’, says Hepi report

UCL research potentially has significant implications for universities rated on post-study employment outcomes

Neeli Bendapudi on being an outsider and a trailblazer, students as customers and nurturing the world’s largest alumni network 

New higher education minister attempts to appease students after turbulent month

Institution is ‘balancing the right to protest with the rights of others to not be adversely affected’, says new vice-chancellor

Charity says Ucas data adds to case for extending home fee status to displaced applicants

Pro-Palestine campaigners claim ‘important victory’ but university says interim ruling demonstrates that restrictions do not limit freedom of speech

University seeks five-year year injunction against protests over Middle East conflict but faces opposition from union and civil liberties group

One year on from publication of the Universities Accord, Justin Bokor says the funding needed to support equity student success is simply not there

Students take years to recoup the tens of thousands of dollars they would have been paid if training was salaried, New Zealand study finds

Students ‘left in limbo’ by Chichester’s decision to make pioneering black professor redundant

Hopes quashed that things were improving for badly affected groups

Lecturers fear rising staff-student ratios will exacerbate ‘gulf’ between elite institutions and the rest, and create unmanageable workloads

Many asylum applicants began their journeys as students before ߣߣÊÓƵ’s visas were overhauled almost a decade ago, new figures suggest

About 800 Nepali students at the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology report being asked to leave institution following protests

Employment prospects the main motivation for half of students with satisfaction levels dented by high fees and low contact hours

OIA says sexual misconduct investigations too often marred by delays and poor communication

School pupils need better information on their post-16 options to avoid the risk of narrowing their university and career choices, says Hepi report

Capital comfortably outperforms rest of England on higher education access, but progress is stalling and there are significant intra-regional differences, warns report

New national body takes shape, as troubled centenarian predecessor faces curtain

I don’t begrudge granting help to students who need it, but we must also have guard rails to deny it to those who don’t, says Nikolay Kukushkin

Individual campus listening services to remain operational after umbrella body folds

Survey finds NHS bursary is not sufficient to cover living costs, with many trainee medics forced to cut back or take on additional work

Prompted by deadly train station collapse, thousands of students are calling for government accountability

Earnings gap between university bosses and ordinary workers has quintupled since ߣߣÊÓƵ stopped regulating vice-chancellors’ salaries, analysis finds

Ombudsman for English and Welsh higher education says options include support fund, insurance scheme or change in legislation, as it announces record haul of complaints

Latest scheme designed to encourage graduates to live and work in less populated regions of the country

Students will now believe they can shut down debate of issues they find uncomfortable, rather than engaging critically, says a queer scholar

Universities must take a firmer hand with ‘zero-fail’ students, ߣߣÊÓƵn study finds, amid policies to boost underprivileged participation

To maintain the graduate premium, universities must anticipate skills needs, guide good course choices and be open to everyone, says Shitij Kapur

Institutional communications branded â€˜inconsistent, inauthentic, and rather annoying’ by study participants

‘Institutions think that they can just get away with it,’ conference focused on efforts to tackle campus sexual misconduct hears

English students oppose increase in tuition fees but uplift in maintenance support makes move more ‘palatable’, finds Hepi survey