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The government is asttempting to help students get value for money. It's white paper on universities in England, published today, focuses on the student experience and how to publish comparable facts, course by course, so ... More

Errors in this summer's exams may have affected 250,000 students. At Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, John Mann, the Labour MP for Bassetlaw, asked the  Prime Minister what he intended to do for the 250,000 yo... More

St Andrews University is planning a new BA International Honours course jointly with William & Mary College in Virginia, USA. These are both historic universities - St Andrews is the oldest university in Scot... More

Student complaints about universities in England and Wales rose by 33% last year. This is the fifth consecutive year that they have risen and Rob Behrens, Head of the Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA), says that ... More

All universities are to keep Higher Education Achievement Reports (HEAR) for graduates from 2012. Universities are asked to keep a detailed electronic record of students' achievements and make them available to gradua... More

The government's university reforms are reckless, incoherent and incompetent says an Oxford professor. Oxford academics have voted 283 to five for a motion criticising the government's higher education reforms fo... More

Several universities are believed to be at financial risk.  The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) apparently already considers about ten English universities to be at risk. Margaret Hodge, the ... More

A new private college in London, teaching the humanities, economics and law, will open in 2012. Aiming to attract gifted students and rival Oxbridge, it intends to charge £18,000 pa for tuition. Assisted places will ... More

Students at private universities are to get higher loans for their tuition fees. The government has announced that, from 2012, students studying at private universities in England will be eligible for state loans of &... More