The government’s promise to strengthen measures to protect access to universities if the cap on fees rises to £9,000 has been broken, it has been claimed.
More than 1,200 people working in the global education sector have descended upon Doha, in Qatar, for the second annual World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE).
A cross-party committee of MPs has criticised officials for failing to take prompt action to address problems with the Student Loans Company that left thousands of students without financial support.
An attempt by Universities UK to get all vice-chancellors to support the rise in tuition fees has failed after a number refused to sign an open letter on the issue.
Education is often touted as a panacea for social unrest, an aphorism now being put to the test with the launch of an international university that bridges the Turkish and German academies.
The financial return on university study is determined more by the subject chosen than by tuition fee levels – and is not as high in science subjects as in others, according to a study.
The Irish High Court has ruled that the findings of an investigation by University College Cork into the academic at the centre of the “fruitbatgate” affair should stand.
A US-style university entrance test would not help identify academic potential among pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds that might be missed by A levels, a major study has found.
This striking black costume was used in The Brilliant and the Dark, a cantata for female voices composed for the National Federation of Women's Institutes by Australian composer Malcolm Williamson to a libretto by Ursula Vaughan Williams.
Students from Wales will be spared additional costs of higher education wherever they study in the UK despite confirmation that Welsh universities will be allowed to charge tuition fees of £9,000 a year to students from England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
