Former education secretary Bridget Phillipson was initially concerned about forcing students on weekend-only courses to repay their maintenance loans but went ahead following advi ...

Complex administration tasks and fragmented communication channels can cause students unnecessary stress and prevent them from accessing support. A centralised approach that offers peer guidance can b ...

University policy and students’ practical use of AI are running in different directions. Higher education needs a ...

It said over-concentrations of particular genders in university courses were getting worse, with about 38 per cent of undergraduates enrolled in courses dominated at least three-to-one by one or other ...

Proposed changes include introducing a new price band for the largest providers, as well as either reducing the cost per student for smaller providers or introducing a flat fee for all institutions ...

This could include advanced manufacturing, AI, digital and technology, clean energy, life sciences, construction, health and care, or the creative industries, “depending on local strengths and where ...

Students will need a skills-focused mindset as GenAI absorbs entry-level jobs. Here, Raphael Dennett and Lisa Harris share lessons from developing a module that prepares undergraduates for a radically ...

Monthly figures for the 2025-26 period reveal an upward trend in the number of vulnerable passwords and accounts. Fewer than 10,000 compromised identities were uncovered in June last year but, a year ...

Some UK universities have shut international applications to their master’s by research (MRes) courses following increased ...

TikTok-style videos can give a face to a department and encourage students to take an active role in academic life. Learn how ...

How to embed collaboration with external partners into core research assessment to ease pressure on labs while building core ...

Pre-university outreach is often talked about as if it were a single, shared endeavour with a unified focus. In practice, though, the term refers to everything from summer programmes and campus visits ...