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Degree course dropout rates fall to lowest on record

The proportion of young students dropping out of degree courses has fallen to the lowest rate on record, figures reveal. New data, published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), shows that in 2019/20 the dropout rate for UK students was ...

17 Mar 2022 at 11:55

Grade requirements for student loans ‘would be attack on working class learners’

Plans to consider minimum grade requirements for student loans are an “attack” on poorer pupils and “fly in the face of the levelling up agenda”, a university staff union has said. On Thursday, the Government unveiled its response to the Augar ...

24 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Minimum entry requirements could ‘entrench disadvantage’, say universities

Government plans for minimum grade requirements to access student loans could “entrench” the disadvantage of the poorest students, according to universities. The Government launched a consultation on its plans for higher education, including ...

09 May 2022 at 01:25

Call for action to increase take-up of Chinese Studies at UK universities

The Government must review whether university courses in Chinese Studies need targeted funding to address a lack of “China competency” across the population, researchers have said. A study by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), ...

31 Mar 2022 at 16:55

Universities making offers on ‘first-in-family’ status may widen inequalities

Universities that use “first-in-family status” when making offers to students risk intensifying “existing education inequalities”, a report suggests. The “flawed” indicator is self-declared and unverifiable, according to a paper ...

06 Jan 2022 at 01:25

Nine in 10 students prefer in-person lectures, study finds

Nearly six in 10 university students would prefer not to have fully online lectures, a new study has revealed. In polling of more than 2,000 students and recent graduates carried out by the UPP Foundation Student Futures ...

14 Feb 2022 at 01:25

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Fund manager Abrdn drops from FTSE 100 in reshuffle

Fund management giant Abrdn and home improvements firm Howden Joinery have been relegated from the FTSE 100 index of London’s biggest listed companies. It comes as the FTSE Russell Group confirmed the results for its ...

31 Aug 2022 at 20:59

Universities get extra £15m to help students with cost-of-living pressures

Universities will be given an additional £15 million in funding this year to help ease cost-of-living pressures for disadvantaged students. Tuition fees for degrees in England will be frozen at a maximum level of £9,...

11 Jan 2023 at 16:12

Freezing tuition fees ‘will put pressure on funding for teaching’

A group of universities has warned that a freeze in tuition fees will increase the pressure on funding for teaching. The Russell Group, which represents 24 UK universities, has estimated that due to rising student ...

05 May 2022 at 01:25

A third of Russell Group universities see fall in state school student numbers

The proportion of students from state schools going to UK universities has stalled over the past five years, figures suggest. And a third of the UK’s top institutions saw a fall in the number of students from the ...

22 Feb 2022 at 15:55

Nadhim Zahawi says there are ‘no excuses’ for online learning at universities

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has said that there are “no excuses” for universities not to deliver face-to-face learning despite a surge in Covid infections and staff absences. Mr Zahawi said his expectation ...

09 Jan 2022 at 04:55

Students could face competition for university places amid capacity pressures

Students seeking places at the most selective universities could face tougher competition for places on some courses this summer due to pressures on infrastructure, a university sector chief has suggested. ...

31 Jul 2023 at 00:01

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