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Students should be encouraged to tackle books, ideas or ways of thinking they may find distressing or offensive ¨C but offering emotional support is important too, says Sussex¡¯s new vice-chancellor, Sasha Roseneil

Enrolment growth will be in different types of institutions, regulator predicts, but universities say the regulatory settings enforce ¡®homogeneity¡¯

Embassies in dozens of countries now accepting visa applications, but many students still in the dark over anticipated move

Institutions told to ¡®join up¡¯ response with local officials, to have emergency medical care and forensic testing procedures in place

Labor minister¡¯s insistence that postcode should not determine opportunity sparks new initiatives

From admissions to outreach and student data collection, the undergraduate journey must be reviewed to narrow unacceptable social and educational inequalities, say Kim Hunter Reed and Ray Belton

More fluid degree paths could help graduates develop critical thinking, academics say, amid concerns over how similar changes could affect recruitment

Enormous efforts to increase links between research fields have failed to consider how undergraduates can also benefit and contribute, says Stephanie Marshall

Beijing boosts early student participation in research as world becomes ¡®less friendly¡¯, but efforts could stall because of limited funding

Chapters¡¯ severing of campus affiliation predicted to show US sector¡¯s reluctance to challenge ¡®Greek life¡¯ abuses

Let¡¯s not deprive our students of access to the full range of human experience in the name of protecting them, says Amna Khalid

As administration approves $10,000 baseline of loan forgiveness after long deliberation, universities promise hard look at pricing and value

Closing down branch campuses in countries with questionable human rights practices, or restricting student intakes from these nations, would be a grave mistake, says Bashir Makhoul

Academics should not feel uncomfortable when their courses become increasingly focused on improving graduate outcomes, says Patrick Callaghan

Student data must be used more effectively to personalise courses, encourage engagement and identify at-risk undergraduates, says Iain Sloan

One of UK higher education¡¯s leading data scientists, DataHE¡¯s founder Mark Corver presents the key statistics that will define this year¡¯s turbulent A levels and clearing season

Thousands of applicants missing out on their first-choice university is not a pandemic-era blip but a ¡®new normal¡¯ that will force many more to look for excellent courses beyond the Russell Group, says Mary Curnock Cook

College leaders wary of limited vaccines, Covid exhaustion and LGBTQ stigmatisation in an environment ripe for spreading, though serious harm judged unlikely

The University of Northampton¡¯s outgoing vice-chancellor reflects on how lessons from punk rock led him to survive in academia and deliver one of UK higher education¡¯s most ambitious campus projects. Jack Grove reports

Demands to accommodate price spikes and satisfy business needs are putting students¡¯ progress at risk, summit hears

Addressing issues with trainees dropping out or moving abroad as important as increasing places, says new Medical School Council chair

Union questions the benefits of cutting short the studies of hundreds of Russian students

Rate will be 6.3 per cent from next month, after projections swapped for real data

After a particularly jarring moment on its fraternity-heavy campus, US institution tries teaching officers about tolerance and listening

New cooperative approach targets biggest essay mills without need for court action

Overall satisfaction question to go in shake-up of influential poll, regulator confirms

Administration nears completion of regulatory overhaul with new rules on student aid, non-profit conversions and prison recruiting

Commonly used widening participation initiative not targeting those who would benefit most from such schemes, study finds

Answering lawsuit, Biden administration agrees ¨C for now ¨C that native speakers can get full credit for foreign language mastery

Food insecurity is evident among both international and domestic students at all types of universities, say four academics

Survey finds two-thirds of students go without ¡®basics¡¯ and renters pass 56 per cent of their meagre incomes to landlords

With UK academics no longer on call, the dispensing of assurance in the small hours has been left to guards, says George Bass

Agents report surge in appetite, suggesting students have short memories

Decades or centuries needed if progress continues at its current pace, consultancy firm concludes

New cheating figures highlight need for new solutions as ¡®under-pressure¡¯ students find new ways to access banned websites

With SAT and ACT already losing acceptance because of inequities, GAO details cost-related struggle of students to gain needed accommodations

Efficient and effective short-cycle higher education programmes could provide students with better outcomes and supply the region with a skilled workforce, says Mar¨ªa Marta Ferreyra

Pakistan, Nepal, Kenya, Ghana and three Indian states named as sources of ¡®emerging integrity issues¡¯

Liberation issues and bread-and-butter issues do not sit on opposite ends of an imaginary relevance spectrum, say Ben Vulliamy and Pierrick Roger

As well as supporting societies, tackling loneliness and offering advice, unions have no problem amplifying the student voice, says Ben Ward

After 80 per cent gain in youth voting for last midterm congressional election cycle, Supreme Court decision seen as driving interest even higher

UK students only marginally happier with the overall quality of their course than they were a year ago

The Vassar College president discusses creating equitable partnerships, minimising resistance on campus and what higher education can learn from healthcare

Working with just one company to deliver a service belies the variety of international students¡¯ needs, says Tony Gao

Universities¡¯ difficulties in addressing their share of a national crisis may ease demand, but turning away ambitious foreigners is still a ¡®missed opportunity¡¯ for the country

While policy incentivises retention, approved leaves of absence are counted as attrition

Policy welcome, but Japan ¡®must address uncertainty¡¯ around future Covid waves, academics say

While Covid may have ushered record numbers of Australians to university, a chipper labour market is luring them away again

Dearth of data undermines understanding of cancel culture and other campus codes of silence

Change is finally beginning to happen across higher education but campaigners say structural change is needed, not sticking plasters

Survey finds UK undergraduates appear a lot less supportive of free speech than they were six years ago

Once lauded as engines of social mobility, American universities are increasingly perceived as widening social and economic injustices. Matthew Reisz speaks to two academics whose new book lays bare the extent of the problem and the potential solutions

The UK¡¯s National Union of Students is 100 years old. But as students around the world focus on single-issue campaigns and relations with governments crumble amid mutual disdain, questions abound about what comes next for organisations that ¡®you would have to invent if they didn¡¯t already exist¡¯

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse chancellor discusses the importance of role models for students, his approach to hiring top staff and how he has stayed in the role for 15 years

Funding boost for new partnerships to ensure those moving to a new location get the help they need

It matters that non-donating alumni are missing out on much of the aftercare value they could be receiving, say Andy Shaindlin and David Williams

Relatively benign system under strain from soaring inflation, fee hikes and reduced repayment thresholds

Australian research highlights need for more than a front-end focus on boosting diversity

IFS says continued use of out-of-date inflation predictions to set living cost loans makes ¡®no sense at all¡¯

In largest such use of criminal laws, dozens from University of New Hampshire ¨C including witnesses who did not report ¨C face prosecution after single hazing incident