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Universities should not carry out ‘blanket academic boycotts’ of Russia

Universities should not carry out blanket boycotts of Russian academics over the invasion of Ukraine, a leading sector body has said. Universities UK (UUK), which represents 140 universities across the United Kingdom, said in a statement on the ...

03 Mar 2022 at 16:25

Universities’ over-reliance on fees from Chinese students is ‘a risk’ – watchdog

An over-reliance on tuition fees from overseas students – especially those from a single country such as China – is a financial risk for English universities, the higher education watchdog has warned. The Office for Students (OfS) has written ...

18 May 2023 at 00:01

Urgent Government action needed to mitigate risk of university closures – report

The Government must take urgent action to mitigate the increasing possibility of a “disorderly exit” by one or more universities from the higher education sector, a report has suggested. The absence of a plan for handling a sudden closure of ...

26 Jul 2024 at 09:21

Number of top degrees awarded falls for second year in a row

The proportion of top degrees awarded to students has fallen for the second year in a row, figures show. Three in ten (30%) undergraduate degrees in the UK were first-class in 2022/23, compared with 32% in 2021/22 and 36% in 2020/21, ...

08 Aug 2024 at 19:33

Poorest students could graduate from university with £60,000 debt, report finds

Poorer students in England who are currently in their first year of university could graduate with an average debt of £60,000, a report has suggested. Students from lower-income backgrounds have been leaving university with the ...

21 Mar 2024 at 00:01

Public health research at risk if EU programme membership is lost – universities

A group of elite universities has written to the European Commission warning that science and research are “too important” to be used as part of the negotiations over the Northern Ireland protocol. The Russell Group said that ...

21 Jul 2022 at 13:33

Fall in overseas students accepted on undergraduate degree courses in UK

The number of international students who have accepted a place on a UK degree course has fallen, Ucas figures show. A total of 69,905 overseas applicants (of all ages) have gained an undergraduate place at a university or ...

12 Dec 2024 at 00:01

More students accepted on UK degree courses than last year – Ucas

The number of students accepted on to UK degree courses has risen this year, Ucas figures show. A total of 425,680 applicants (of all ages and domiciles) have gained a place at university or college – up 3% on the same ...

15 Aug 2024 at 18:40

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 ...

09 May 2022 at 01:25

New code aims to stop universities making ‘conditional unconditional’ offers

A new code of practice for universities will aim to stop the practice of making “conditional unconditional” offers for good to avoid students making choices that are not “in their best interests”. Following an ...

07 Mar 2022 at 01:25

More mergers between universities could be on the cards, sector chief says

More mergers between universities could be on the cards as a result of growing financial pressures, a higher education sector chief has suggested. Vivienne Stern, chief executive of Universities UK (UUK), ...

06 May 2025 at 16:09

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