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The Open University (OU) has set tuition fees at £5000 for the equivalent of one year of a full-time degree course for 2012. The majority of English universities will be charging £9000 pa for some or all degree... More

Students without a university place this autumn, who are horrified at trebled fees in 2012, could benefit by taking a gap year. According to the regulator, market forces are expected to reduce tuition fees at some uni... More

More than half of students with top A-level grades go on to only a handful of universities. Of those students with top grades - at least two A-levels with grade A plus one with grade B - half went on to only... More

The number of Welsh universities could soon be cut from 11 to six. Lighton Andrews, the Welsh government Education Secretary, says he is minded to accept a recommendation from the Higher Education Funding Council... More

Eight out of ten Welsh universities will be charging £9,000 pa for some or all courses from 2012. These are  Aberystwyth, Bangor, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Newport (£8250 on some courses), Swansea, Trinity Saint... More

The Office for Fair Access (OFFA) has approved average tuition fees of £8393 for English universities in 2012. Once fee waivers and other student support are taken into account, fewer than half of students are expect... More

UCAS says that applications for undergraduate degree courses were the highest ever this year. 670,000 people applied for 479,000 places. With a shortfall of nearly 200,000 places, Clearing looks as if it will be very compe... More

The government is keen to promote price competition in higher education. It wants to allow 20,000 extra places at universities charging average tuition fees of below £7500 pa. It also wants to open up the university ... More

Scottish universities will be able to charge tuition fees of up to £9000 pa to non-Scottish UK students. While Scottish students studying in Scotland pay no tuition fees, students from other parts of the UK will... More