Admissions staff

Most human beings think well enough, and students are no exception. They just need help to express it within academic conventions, says Stuart Wrigley

The uncapped system had many benefits but its cost was ultimately too high for politicians to bear, writes Andrew Norton

Pro vice-chancellor warns that students may be ending up on courses on which they will struggle

The rapid increase in the number of unconditional offers being made to school-leavers is cause for concern, says Mike Nicholson

More than one in six 18-year-old applicants now gets no-strings-attached offer, Ucas data show

Minerva uses test scores to argue that its programmes give students lead in cognitive skills

James Seymour says it is unfair to tar all private providers with the same brush following revelations of admissions fraud at one college

As a report suggests social mobility in the UK is getting worse, Chris Husbands outlines how Sheffield Hallam is attempting to tackle the problem

Number of students winning places at UK institutions after applying direct to clearing up 14 per cent

Over the past decade, women have opened up a significant lead over men in graduation rates

Measures taken to target high dropout rate could make universities more attractive to domestic and international students

Sutton Trust says contextual admissions must become ‘central’ as report reveals uneven use across sector

EU and international applications up in data for Oxbridge, medical and veterinary degrees

China and India targeted by drive to recruit more than 100,000 extra students from outside EU

In the past six years, the number of new part-time students in England has fallen by 56 per cent, writes Peter Horrocks

Latest OECD figures suggest that some countries such as the US are a long way behind others on social mobility

Unlike in the UK and the US, German graduates tend to vote in quite similar ways to other citizens. But not in the case of the AfD, writes David Matthews

Only 6 per cent of displaced university-age Syrians currently in other countries in the Middle East are in higher education, expert warns

The loss of Supporting Professionalism in Admissions would be bad news for students, says Les Ebdon

The capital’s universities must use increased tuition fee revenue to improve access for disadvantaged students, says Tony Halmos

A national postgraduate admissions system would allow universities to improve planning, enhance student satisfaction and widen participation, says Michelle Morgan

Despite putting more money into improving access, the top universities still struggle, finds Emilie Sundorph

Universities face new diversity challenge as middle-class parents push to secure places for children at top institutions, says former University of Warwick boss

Two UK institutions lead our ranking of the best universities for the first time in its history, with Oxford holding on to the number one spot for the second year in a row, while Cambridge has risen to second place

Latest evidence overseas students are being put off US universities by political situation

The number of students without a place as A-level results announced down by 13 per cent

Lower-ranked institutions lose out as drop in EU and mature student applications drive decline

Evidence from Denmark indicates drunken induction weeks make it difficult for reluctant drinkers to feel at home

University of Malta could offer financial incentive for students who apply with a Maltese qualification

Think carefully about treating students differently because of their backgrounds

Dip in number of applications puts students in the driving seat, say sector experts

There is no ‘hard divide between academics and administrators’, writes Charles Knight in response to criticisms of academic university staff

Financial issues are not the central barriers to increased university access in Canada. It is cultural factors that must be tackled, say Ross Finne, Athur Sweetman and Richard Mueller

Helping students into ‘tougher’ universities means that they are statistically more likely to drop out, says Huw Owen

Survey of university admissions staff paints an unflattering picture of today’s students, finds Jeremy Lewis

University access watchdog also flags falling numbers of mature and part-time students as ‘grave concern’

UK universities’ complacency in the good times has left them ill-equipped to respond to falling postgraduate master’s enrolment, says Michelle Morgan

Publication of data showing long-term graduate earnings by discipline has huge potential to improve higher education, says Jack Britton

Terry Dray explains what other institutions can learn from Liverpool John Moores University’s recent review of career development services

Australian policymakers have moved to link funding to student retention. But they must accept that desirable trends don’t all arise in perfect harmony, says Andrew Norton

UCU attacks plans to cut 171 posts, but university denies Brexit 'the reason'

Forget affirmative action, says Sami Mikhail; universities are right to recruit on academic merit

As the country succeeds in attracting even more students from overseas, a mixture of demographics, ‘soft power’ concerns and local politics help explain its policy

John Morgan looks at reports PM may ‘soften’ stance on students and net migration figures 

Universities New Zealand highlights university entry gap between ethnic groups

Recognising the dominant role of intelligence in academic performance is key to ending the underperformance of poor and minority students, says Richard J. Haier

Teenagers who received personalised letters more likely to get into Russell Group institutions

The Excellence Initiative in Germany and the UK’s TEF may bring only bad news for universities’ reputations, says David Matthews

Thirty-nine per cent of institutions report decline in overseas applications

Analysis shows more than two-thirds of overseas learners come from former Soviet states

More UK and EU students begin master’s programmes, but Indian and Nigerian enrolments fall

But latest figures from the ONS show granting of study visas in UK HE remained stable 

The US has long been losing its popularity with overseas students, says Marguerite Dennis

Keep it brief, tailor to the job requirements and do not mention your hobbies. Our panel of top university administrators offer some tips on how to write a top-notch CV

Education Ministry statistics reveal programmes that have attracted zero students

Positive discrimination helps students more than it hinders them, find Dennis Epple and Lowell Taylor

Despite concern about the use of predicted grades, Mary Curnock Cook believes the way students apply for university works well