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As society is transformed, focusing on graduate employment will no longer be sufficient, says Graeme Atherton

Salary thresholds for non-EU nationals may drive students to rival nations, warns immigration expert

Setting up new national outreach programme could stall momentum, expert warns

But government project may not capture ‘value added’ by some universities and courses, critic warns

Education minister says senior managers at Kenya National Examinations Council implicated in ‘unprecedented cheating’

Football team being doused in ‘milky fermented alcohol’ shines light on practice more commonly associated with the US

New statutory duties designed to stop the rise of extremism on campus are making students and staff apprehensive, AUA conference hears

Hefce and Home Office figures show further declines in new overseas entrants and Indian student visas

Disadvantaged students will suffer if institutions do not respond to the loss of grants, says Geoff Layer

Rob Behrens warns some international learners cannot express themselves properly, let alone follow a course

The Commission on Widening Access’ ambitious report looks to emulate and expand on Offa’s approach, says John Field

Commission for Widening Access calls for ‘entrenched patterns of advantage’ to be broken down

Headteacher warns that institutions will otherwise be forced to choose between students with ‘ragtag mixed bag’ of qualifications

Conference hears that fundamental skills, rather than specific languages, will serve graduates throughout their careers

In a THE interview, the government’s social mobility adviser and Lancaster chancellor also criticises Jeremy Corbyn fees policy

About half of poorer students would have applied to university differently without a grant, Sodexo research also suggests

Although many students praise aspects of their university experience, the majority are still unhappy about what they get in return for fees

Banners put up across Chinese university campuses have strange take on annual event

Universities should collaborate to make best use of data on students' backgrounds, says Joshua Oware

Completion rates are main worry despite better figures on admissions

Institutions have little evidence that their widening participation activities deliver, but they are working to change that, finds Chris Havergal

Almost half of defectors drop out of higher education in South Korea

Government considering regulation that would further hamper enrolment of international students, sector leaders fear

No more than 75 per cent of a discipline’s students should be of the same gender, says funding council

Figures suggest Oxford and Cambridge among seven Russell Group institutions with lower proportion of poorer students compared with 10 years ago

Chinese Ministry of Education directive wants students abroad to have a ‘positive patriotic energy’

Admissions service says it is in talks to widen availability of its records

High dropout rate among black students also targeted in new guidance to Offa

Former University of York chancellor says leading universities should lower entry requirements for students from poor backgrounds

Interviews with MA students in UK suggest that although few agree with Chinese government line, compulsory courses dull development of independent thought

Jo Johnson becomes latest high-profile figure to take aim at elite over their access record

January deadline figures also show slight fall in overall UK applicant numbers

Kingston study finds that less affluent learners are more concerned about debt, and unlikely to be able to rely on their parents for support

China, fostering links with future leaders through its universities, is now playing the same game as Western nations, researcher says

Fears that the changes could favour applicants from wealthy backgrounds who can afford to be coached

White students are over-represented compared with young UK population, but there is huge variation for other groups

Inequality takes root long before students apply to higher education, says Oxford

Sutton Trust study finds teachers’ perceptions of what makes a good Ucas application are very different to views of admissions tutors

Analysis of first Ucas figures after scrapping of student number controls reveals the ups and downs in recruitment as government aims for ‘rapid market share shifts’

Admissions service says institutions should do more to accommodate growing numbers of students from a vocational background

Comments by Sir Keith Burnett follows criticisms from business minister than some universities held a 'snobbish' attitude to the courses

A paper argues that China’s one-child policy helped women to break into higher education. With the demise of the policy, could female progress go into reverse?

Individuals’ choices of where and what to study ‘must reflect ambitions’ not ‘social background or where they live’, UUK says

Ucas analysis suggests progress in reducing gap between most and least disadvantaged students has ground to a halt

Older white voters more hostile to state university funding if younger population is ethnically diverse, Californian study finds

After fears that Chinese students are absorbing ‘Western values’, city authorities attempt to stymie pathway courses to foreign universities

Pupils in isolated areas miss out as collaborative spirit of Aimhigher era fades, says study

The former Guardian editor-in-chief sits in on the Oxford admissions process

Sutton Trust urges higher education institutions to devote 10 per cent of outreach budgets to evaluating effectiveness

Ucas end of cycle analysis finds proportion of students entering highly selective universities with top grades is falling

Cambridge Assessment study finds independent sector pupils up to four times more likely to achieve at least one top grade

Fair access tsar warns ‘top-down meddling’ would be a ‘costly, bureaucratic exercise’

UCU’s nine-point checklist aims to make admissions fairer

Higher education Green Paper says director of fair access to higher education could be given power to set entry goals for universities

Roxanne Stockwell calls on universities to rethink their admissions criteria

New vice-chancellor Hugh Brady hopes innovation programmes will spur graduates to become social and business entrepreneurs

Report finds poorest Chinese pupils more likely to enrol than richest white peers

University of Cambridge’s examinations arm finds independent school-leavers at Russell Group institutions are a third less likely to get a good degree than state school students with similar A-level results

Oxford and Cambridge report increase in applications, as number of students reapplying falls sharply

University Campus Suffolk researchers find ‘natural progression’ into higher education is not found at every institution