Vice-chancellors fear weaker institutions need bailout to avert failure due to fewer students and higher costsUniversities in England face a “tipping point” this autumn engulfing some of them in financial crisis,...
Read MoreSocial mobility experts welcome change in which students will instead be asked to answer three questionsThe years of sixth formers and their families agonising over personal statements for their university application forms will...
Read MoreMove follows reports overseas students face lower entry requirements, a claim universities rejectThe Department for Education is to investigate allegations of bad practice by agents who recruit international students to study at...
Read MoreProportion of top A*-A grades drops from 35.9% to 26.5% amid return to pre-pandemic era gradingA-level results – latest updatesA-level grades awarded to students in England have shown their biggest ever drop after results...
Read MoreUcas tells applicants to act quickly to avoid disappointment, with A-level results due in England, Wales and Northern Ireland next weekStudents who miss out on their expected exam grades face fierce competition for university...
Read MoreLess well-off young people may be put off university, hitting supply of graduates in key sectors, says reviewMore than two months after they were unveiled, the government’s student loan changes have now been reviewed and...
Read MoreNew president of the Girls’ School Association wants to lower the mental burdens placed on teenagersEngland’s school exam system needs an overhaul to lower the mental burdens they place on teenagers striving for the...
Read MoreSome schools offering compensation after hundreds more students than expected met grade expectationsStudents with places at oversubscribed medical schools in England are being asked to move to a course at a university elsewhere...
Read MoreMost popular institutions expected to have fewer remaining vacancies when clearing begins on TuesdayAlmost 150,000 students who did not receive offers from any university, or missed their required grades at A-level, will be...
Read MoreAs many as 1,000 more students could join medical and dentistry courses in England after exams cancelledThe government has been forced to fund hundreds of extra places on medical and dental courses at universities in England, as...
Read MoreAdmissions officers reining in offers owing to fears of another set of strong results in teacher-assessed A-levelsStudents are missing out on offers for popular courses as UK universities fear a repeat of last year’s...
Read MoreThis year’s report sees Oxford moving up from third to first for the first time in a decadeThe main table How Oxford leapfrogged its rivalsOxford University has vaulted into top place in the Guardian’s annual...
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MPs vote to give leave to bring in private
As part of a comprehensive programme of renationalisation, the
Lib Dem proposal is passed by 137 votes to
Members of the national assembly banned from entering building
The major U.S. index futures are currently pointing to
Andrew RT Davies narrowly won a confidence vote but
Change in schedule comes after Wallace stepped back from
Davies says position ‘untenable’ despite narrowly winning confidence vote,
Tougher guidance in England and Wales will also prevent
Minister for safeguarding unveils measures including ‘right to know’,