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A £1.5 million government advertising campaign to encourage sixth formers to go to university is misleading according to the National Union of Students (NUS). The campaign apparently claims that universities will cha... More

The government is considering a proposal to allow extra places in English universities for wealthy UK students. The idea is that English universities could make extra places available for self-funding students which would ... More

Cambridge University recruited more state-school and state-college students in 2010 than in the previous year. This represented 59.3% of the 2010 intake, the second highest in the last 30 years.

There are calls for a more consistent approach to the punishment of students who plagiarise at Welsh universities. Students receive very varied punishments, ranging from failing an assignment to a formal warning or expulsi... More

Resentful teachers in state schools apparently advise pupils against applying to Oxford and Cambridge universities. Research by the Sutton Trust found that half of state school teachers would not recommend Oxbridge to brig... More

UCAS applicants are not being told which universities are at risk of closure. The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) is said to have a secet list of imperilled institutions but university applicants ... More

Both MPs and Lords want the government to tackle campus extremism. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Homeland Security say campus extremism threatens UK security. MPs and Lords are gravely concerned about student r... More

To the surprise of many commentators, the rapid growth in university applications has slowed down. UCAS says the number of applicants for 2011 entry is 633,811 at the middle of April - a record but only 2.1% higher than in... More

Glasgow Caledonian University's licence to sponsor foreign students has been temporarily suspended, after an inspection by the UK Border Agency (UKBA). Aparently 150 Filipino nursing students on a BSc Nursing (Professional... More