Intense feelings of academic inadequacy and alienation can drive first-in-family students to self-destructive behaviour and thoughts of dropping out, reflects Malik Johnson on his difficult journey from the Baltimore projects to an elite private college
In the week his sister should have graduated in Kabul as a doctor, PhD student Naimat Zafary describes the reality for Afghan women denied their degrees
While corporations and universities bowed to pressure to ban controversial BBC documentary, students showed freedom of speech and critical enquiry still matter in India, says Mukhtar Ahmad
The UK prime minister has invested political capital in science and innovation. It is vital that it is not wasted on ill-considered populist ideas about research
Better alignment of pay and benefits, working cultures and expectations will clear the way for research to have impact, say nine Future Leaders fellows
Casual encounters are a chance to correct the public's irritating assumption that political science is all about elections, says Christopher Hallenbrook
Divisive discrimination in favour of an Americanised, catch-all category that favours some cultures over others is not what UK HE needs, says Aymen Idris
After a tumultuous 2022, what will the new year bring for higher education? Some of the UK sector’s respected crystal-ball gazers offer their predictions for 2023
Liberal arts programmes should be revamped and rebranded to emphasise the competencies they provide graduates entering the workplace, says Costas Spirou