Tito Akindele is highly qualified. So why has he come back for more?

Hospitality is growing fast and there are several courses available in the sector

Open Access has dominated the research news across the summer, but if you're starting out on a research career and have yet to publish journal articles, it may be hard to figure out what the fuss is about. However, it is important and will affect you as your research career develops.

If your image of a Masters student is one of someone in their early twenties, on a smooth, 10-year academic path from sparkling GCSE success to a doctor of philosophy writing learned papers, then Meena Chandler won't immediately provide a comfortable match. But, these days, this 38-year-old mother, on a six-year journey to acquire an MSc in events management by distance learning from Leeds Metropolitan University, is almost as common a postgraduate student as the stereotypical example in the previous paragraph.

Q: I think I've probably missed the boat to get on a postgraduate course this academic year, but can't really face waiting one more whole year to continue my studies. What are the options outside the traditional October to June academic tramlines?

This popular subject offers huge benefits to postgraduates, even if they don't opt for a scientific career

With up to 70 graduates chasing every job, a postgraduate course could be the answer

A doctorate is not an excuse for a three-year party. Being the eternal student is a lot of hard work as well as a privilege, explains novelist Sophie Coulombeau

You can join Kriss Akabusi on his Ashridge MBA. i and Ashridge are jointly offering a scholarship worth £32,500, including VAT, to the best candidate for the one-year full-time MBA or two-year Executive MBA programme.

Masters courses with a strong social aspect are growing in popularity

As journalism evolves, qualifications are ever more vital, says Russ Thorne

A 'vibrating suit' is among many aids designed to help UK athletes boost their performance

I'm halfway through a modern languages degree, but have started to regret my subject choice, and want to find a pathway into a maths-related job after I graduate (I got A* at maths A Level). What postgraduate routes could I pursue into accounting?

Training as a forensic osteologist requires intense study, but there's nothing dry and academic about a career analysing bones

Driving a high-performance car around the Silverstone race track might be many a teenage boy's dream, but it wouldn't normally be associated with pursuing an educational path when that teenager reaches his early twenties. But for Andy Venkitaraman, a postgraduate student at Coventry University, racing fast cars is at the heart of the dissertation project he's now in the middle of, at the end of his year on an MSc in automotive engineering.