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UK universities

  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    John Gapper
    Universities need new ways to make their research pay

    Public and private funding are both vital for institutions such as the University of York as international student fees fall

    Aerial view of the University of York
  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    News in-depth
    Fall in UK university science courses stokes fears for industrial strategy

    Chemistry courses have dropped a quarter and biosciences by 15% in past 5 years

    A scientist in a lab
  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
    Tuition fees in England set to climb above £10,000

    Announcement expected in next year’s spending review

    The male student, carrying his phone, walks past posters at the university
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    UK employment
    Workers in England more likely to be overqualified than global peers, finds OECD

    More than 1 in 3 employees surveyed say their qualifications are higher than job requires

    Student at graduation
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Students priced out of London as rents rise faster than loans

    Pressure on government to take action over the ‘cost of learning crisis’ in the UK capital

    London Metropolitan University
  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    University of Oxford
    William Hague wins race to be Oxford university chancellor

    Former Tory leader beats four rivals including Peter Mandelson in tightly fought election

    A portrait of William Hague
  • Monday, 25 November, 2024
    European business schools
    Political shift weakens business schools’ appeal to overseas students

    Anti-migrant sentiment and policy changes in the UK and EU affect recruitment, deans say

    Portrait of a woman standing outdoors in front of an architectural building, dressed in a white shirt
  • Friday, 15 November, 2024
    England’s universities regulator warns of worsening financial outlook

    ‘Bold’ action required to stop higher education institutions falling into insolvency, says Office for Students

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  • Sunday, 10 November, 2024
    Lex
    Challenged universities need more than UK’s tuition fee thaw Premium content

    Most vulnerable are lower-tier institutions that rely on international students hit by recent visa changes

    Graduate students wearing traditional mortar board hats and robes at their degree ceremony at Birmingham university
  • Saturday, 9 November, 2024
    UK politics
    UK government looks at ending Gove ban on councils opening new schools

    Education secretary Bridget Phillipson says Tories had ‘tunnel vision’ about promoting academies

    Bridget Phillipson speaks at the Confederation of School Trusts conference in Birmingham
  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2024
    Explainer
    What England’s tuition fee rise means for student and university finances

    Experts say measures will not be enough to fix higher education funding or attract students from poorer backgrounds

    Montage of a combined line and bar chart, and a university student wearing a graduation gown and cap
  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Labour draws dividing line on tuition fees

    Party may hit political difficulties as the amount rises with inflation and system loses its original advantages

    Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson arrives for a cabinet meeting at Downing Street
  • Monday, 4 November, 2024
    University tuition fees to rise from next year in England

    Ministers will increase cap in line with inflation to £9,535 after eight-year freeze

    University graduates
  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    UK social mobility
    Disadvantaged pupils miss out as university entry gap hits record level in England

    Social mobility experts warn of ‘ticking time bomb’ left by pandemic and cost of living crisis

    Aberystwyth University students in a lecture on the campus
  • Wednesday, 16 October, 2024
    UK employment
    UK graduates face tough jobs market as AI transforms recruitment

    Fierce competition for roles has been sharpest in highly paid sectors such as IT and consulting

    Students wearing gowns and caps on graduation day at the London School of Economics
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    Irene Tracey
    How to get UK university spinouts out of the ‘valley of death’

    Proof-of-concept funding is alarmingly scarce but can drive up the success rate of innovative ideas

    Ann Kiernan illustration of a scientist holding a test tube, with a money in her jacket pocket.
  • Sunday, 29 September, 2024
    Work & Careers
    The trends shaping graduate recruitment

    First-time jobseekers are advised to seek work experience and broaden options as vacancies fall

    Combination image of a hand holding a diploma, a graduation cap, and four lines taken from a line chart.
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    Duncan Ivison
    Lessons for UK universities from the Australian experience

    From Sydney to Manchester, higher education institutions need the benefit of a policy compact for the long term

    University of Manchester, Oxford Road Campus,England.
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    UK urged to reform science research funding to compete globally

    Report by Lord Mandelson calls for more focus on critical technologies as part of wider industrial strategy

  • Sunday, 8 September, 2024
    University of Oxford
    Competition intensifies in race to be next Oxford university chancellor

    Record number of voters prepare for first online ballot

    Oxford city skyline
  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    Universities demand UK government finds cash for sector

    Call from Sally Mapstone comes as education secretary warns of no quick fixes to looming financial crisis

    Graduates at their degree ceremony at Birmingham university
  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    OutlookPatti Waldmeir
    Americans are losing faith in four-year college degrees

    Education experts say the decline in enrolment is spurred by a falling birth rate and student debt crisis

    Bascom Hall on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    Philip Augar
    Universities, like banks, are too big to fail

    The UK’s higher education sector is in crisis — but they can draw solutions from financial institutions

    Northern Rock Plc customers stand in line outside the bank as they wait to withdraw their savings at a branch in Moorgate
  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    Southampton university to open campus in India

    Institution in Delhi will offer UK degrees to tap rising local demand

    A sign reading ‘University of Southampton’ on the edge of the main campus in Southampton
  • Thursday, 15 August, 2024
    ExplainerUK schools
    A-level analysis shows London taking most top grades

    In charts: Jump in A* results and performance gap widens between private and state schools

    Montage shows A-Level students from the City of London Academy, Highgate Hill, a school sponsored by the City of London, with results data in the background
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