Green light for Cambridge's ?1bn development
Planning permission for a ?1 billion development by the University of Cambridge has been granted.
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Low-income families half as likely to see children reach university
Teenagers from poor families are half as likely to progress to higher education as those from richer ones, a new report shows.
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Hefce surveys postgrads amid 'crisis' talk
England's funding council has commissioned educational research company i-graduate to research the information needs of taught postgraduates, who now make up around one fifth of all UK students.
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Commission raises spectre of higher fees’ deterrent effect
About 15,000 young people may have been deterred from applying to university by the trebling of tuition fees, an independent taskforce has said.
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News in brief
United StatesFor-profits lose California goldMost for-profit institutions in California have lost their eligibility for the state's needs-based financial aid programme. In a measure that was expected...
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Close-up on a world with too few sporting chances
Film shows 'wide-eyed' Soas football side meeting Middle Eastern realities. David Matthews reports
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Chile rescinds accreditation of Apollo for-profit
Chile's only university owned by the global arm of US for-profit education giant Apollo Group has had its accreditation withdrawn.On 18 July, following an unsuccessful appeal, Chile's National...
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Grant winners
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE REPLACEMENT, REFINEMENT AND REDUCTION OF ANIMALS IN RESEARCH - NC3RsProject Grants? Award winner: Wendy Barclay? Institution: Imperial College London? Value: ?397,...
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The only way was up
Flawed policy levers forced Salford to charge ?9K fees to retain its widening participation aims, Martin Hall argues
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They've invited me to present my papers, and this time it's personal
The examiner examined: Martin Cortazzi on the day a UK university asked him, rather apologetically, to show them his passport
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From here to posterity
Queen Mary can best serve its local community via the pursuit of global excellence, Simon Gaskell tells critics of recent 'restructures'
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So long UK, thanks for all the loans: we'll be in touch...
EU students' arrears figure provokes Tory ire as fears grow over repayment plans. John Morgan reports
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Midlands bloc hopes for safety in numbers as resources battle intensifies
Five Midlands universities have come together to form a regional bloc of institutions aimed at maximising research income.
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Well versed in business
Scholar offers entrepreneurs insights inspired by Wordsworth's poetry. Matthew Reisz reports