Stephen Hoare investigates Manchester Metropolitan University's new centre tackling the dark side of the arts

Miss Dynamite (5th left) joins unemployed young people outside a job centre in the Battlefront Campaign against joblessness

New websites provide young people the chance to sell a stake in their future earnings

Students will have to borrow more

Top universities have been warned they must change their “elitist” image after a study found that they are awarding places to fewer students from state schools and poor families than a decade ago

An industry worth billions to the economy relies on accurate medical research

Britain’s leading science institutions will be told on Monday that they will be stripped of many millions of pounds in research grants if they employ rogue researchers who fake the results of experiments, The Independent has learnt.

Presenting a few humble ideas to fill those long, cold summer months. Warning: do not take this advice seriously...

Complaints against universities in England and Wales have risen to record levels, resulting in payments of almost £190,000 to students, according to a report from an official watchdog

Many graduates need to complete work placements to secure a job

The class of 2013 are the most optimistic bunch of graduates over their prospects of gaining employment for 15 years, according to research out today

If you’re not having much luck securing a job for when you leave university, or even any work experience, don’t panic! There are all sorts of avenues to pursue

School's out forever, and you may be wondering what to do next. How about travel, suggests Emily House, in the first of four guides to the first days of the rest of your life

Your time as a student is the best time to say yes to new things

This is the story of two young grads, frustrated at the sheer lack of career opportunities left to them, who decided to take a radical approach to finding work in the advertising industry

Cambridge and Bristol have overtaken London as the UK’s most expensive student cities, according to a report from estate agents Haart 

Six international students sponsored by the Department for International Development had their visas refused by the Home Office because the system does not work, a Labour MP has claimed in the Commons.

Students, reckons Charley Utton, come in for an awful lot of unfair criticism. And with the 'value' of degrees under the microscope more than ever, he believes it's time to come out in defence of a university education

Your exams are finally coming to an end, and with it, if you're a finalist, your time at university. Here's our guide to what comes next: the graduate job search

Thinking of visiting South East Asia during the long summer holiday? Hannah Al-Othman offers advice on where to go, what to see, and which attractions are best avoided… 

Universities will face significant financial pressures over the next few years following sweeping changes to funding and higher tuition fees, according to a new report

There’s a wealth of invaluable information to be found online, along with news of non-graduate jobs and work experience placements

There's more to life than a degree, and plenty of resources to help pinpoint the right route for you

With competition for course places, it takes passion to help make the cut

Know your FROW from SS14, your LFW from LBD? Can you spot a Matthew Williamson signature print at 50 paces?

ULU protestors at the Senate House

Students at the University of London this week kicked off a Summer of Action by setting up an impromptu holiday camp at Senate House, the University of London’s famous offices

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Many teachers assume Oxbridge admits a greater proportion of private school students than is the case

The number of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds applying to elite universities has fallen in the past decade. New ideas musts be considered

Five-year-olds who view three hours or more a day are at no greater risk of emotional problems

A nice, meaty box-set will always trump a dissertation. Face it, says, Eleanor Doughty, we're never going to escape the flickering lure of the screen...

Graduates with work experience are three times more likely to land a job offer than other students, new research suggests

Two-timer: Keele student Emma Haynes

Why offer students just one subject when studying two can give help kick-start their careers. Richard Garner finds out how Keele's founding principles are coming into their own

The belief that death is the only certainty in life is a concept senior academic staffs at an Oxford University Institute are hoping to dismantle, by paying to be cryogenically preserved and brought back to life in the future.

Students need to make themselves stand out against the crowd. It's as easy as finding what you like and getting stuck in

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Three universities have banned adverts from high-cost payday lenders after fresh fears were raised that unscrupulous firms are targeting hard-up students

The return of polytechnics will be demanded in a report on the future of higher education

The return of polytechnics will be demanded on Monday in a report on the future of higher education

Sundays are brilliant, and there's nothing you could do to make them better

England's top universities have made "little or no headline progress" in recruiting students from poorer families in recent years, a watchdog has warned

You've got more work and less structure, and most of your uni friends have moved on and away into the world of work. Is a Masters isolating, asks Harriet Williamson

Postgraduate education has become like an "exclusive golf club" that is open only to the very rich, new research will warn on Wednesday.

One in five students are turning to gambling as a way to make money at university, while one in four would consider selling their body to medical trials or the adult entertainment industry, according to a new survey

Confusion reigns

It's the student test so grand one team nearly missed an exam for it - but still lost - here's the story of the night, and the questions themselves...

A controversial question from a Cambridge criminal law paper

Questions of a graphic nature featured in a Cambridge criminal law exam last week, shocking some of the 200-plus students who sat the paper

Armed with no more than a bagel and a cold nose, Eleanor Doughty reflects on the meaning of two years at university

Job training schemes can offer a tightly focused route to your chosen career

Apprenticeships and on-the-job training are successful non-degree routes to a career

Thanks to the University of Sheffield’s latest online scheme, prospective students need no longer worry about the troublesome – not to mention pricey – task of attending university open days.

Astronaut Ron Garan spending time in space

American astronaut Ron Garan returned from his time on the International Space Station in a Russian capsule - and new faith in the power of global collaboration

Imogen Downing has been a regular visitor to IGGY since being introduced to it toward the end of last year

A social networking site, described as a “thinking teenager’s Facebook”, that aims to prepare bright pupils for top universities, has attracted more than 2,500 members

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