Category: Admissions

DfE to investigate claims of bad practice in recruitment of international students

Move 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...

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Student loan changes in England ‘could imperil supply of teachers and nurses’

Less 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...

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Grade inflation forces ministers to pay for extra medical school places

As 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...

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UK students missing out on offers as universities fear admissions boom repeat

Admissions 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...

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Oxford University takes top spot in Guardian’s annual university guide

This 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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English universities to honour admission offers ‘where possible’

Government to lift cap on student numbers for some courses and provide extra fundingUniversities in England have pledged to honour as many offers of places to students as possible this year, after an agreement with the...

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Ministers braced for backlash as England’s teachers despair at A-levels fiasco

Students prepare for results day amid growing revolt, with some schools seeing 50% or more of grades revised downHeadteachers across England last night expressed shock and despair at the human cost of the A-level grades being...

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