Next government faces hard choices on English universities, say experts
Ministers left with unpalatable options of raising tuition fees, making grants or capping student numbers, says IFS
UK universities valued more than institutions like parliament and BBC, finds survey
King’s College London poll finds people rank universities behind only the NHS, armed forces and royal family
Students going home could put 35 Tory seats at risk in election, analysis says
More than half of UK students working long hours in paid jobs
UK universities face ‘irreversible decline’, global league table suggests
May 2024
Next government must make hard university funding decisions, fast
UK universities report drop in international students amid visa doubts
March 2024
Sunak’s student visas clampdown continues boom-and-bust pattern
Move coincides with financial difficulties for universities arising from high inflation and freezing of domestic tuition fees
February 2024
Warnings of economic damage to UK as international student numbers fall by a third
Universities must overcome ‘echo chamber’ and self-censorship, says Reading VC
January 2024
British students not being ‘squeezed out’ by overseas applicants, say universities
Claims that overseas students are admitted with lower entry requirements than domestic students denied
The Guardian view on universities: Australian lesson might spark much-needed change
Editorial: The Conservatives have inflicted serious damage on the sector. Repairing it won’t be easy
University of York to accept some overseas students with lower grades
Staff told to take ‘more flexible approach’ in move university says will bring rules into line with those for UK offer-holders
December 2023
Students can make provocative remarks if they do not break law, watchdog says
Arif Ahmed of OfS says universities that infringe rights to expression will face fines under new system
November 2023
UK research funding body in row with ministers over free speech and Gaza
Science minister Michelle Donelan requests UKRI cuts links with two members of panel she accuses of promoting extremist views
October 2023
Bolton graduates miss out on top jobs because of prejudice, says vice-chancellor
England’s university free speech tsar says role is not to conduct ‘culture wars’
July 2023
What’s the real worth of ‘low-value’ degrees?
Letters: Siân Lawrence, Julian Preece, Chris Townsend, Ann Lynch and Richard Mountford on Rishi Sunak’s plan to cap student numbers for some university courses
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Tuesday briefing: What Rishi Sunak’s plan to cut down on ‘rip-off’ courses actually means
In today’s newsletter: Rishi Sunak has a plan to tackle so-called ‘rip-off’ degrees – but what is the new policy, and how will it work?
Sunak ‘attacking people’s aspirations’ with universities policy, Labour says
PM to announce proposals limiting number of enrolments on ‘low value’ degree courses in England
