Bankruptcy boom
Some 900 students and graduates declared themselves bankrupt last year and avoided having to repay their student loans as a result. In 2002, the Insolvency Service decided that students could write...
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Free masters classes
Royal Holloway, University of London, is devising a scheme to offer graduates free places or subsidised tuition for masters degrees from 2009. Between 100 and 150 places a year would be available to...
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Whistleblowers: Rescuer's central role and rewards under fire
Phil Baty reports on scrutiny of the president of Regent's College. The charity watchdog is investigating the payment of millions of pounds by Regent's College and its sister charity, the European...
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Clarke predicts aid boost for poor
Universities will come under pressure from the new access regulator and a "competitive market" to increase the bursaries they offer to poor students, according to Charles Clarke. The education...
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Part-timers to lose out, critics say
Universities teaching part-time students will lose out when top-up fees are introduced, vice-chancellors have warned. The tuition fees for part-time students are not regulated by the state, but the...
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Tax breaks may tempt firms to offset cost of science top-ups
A captain of industry has called on the government to introduce tax incentives for employers to help science and technology students cover the cost of top-up fees. Ian Smith, managing director of the...
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Bursary system will be a lottery, says study
Bursaries will be a lottery for poor students, adding to the complexity of the already convoluted student-support systems, Claire Callender of London South Bank University and author of the...
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Two-year degree gears up
Nearly 100 "off-the-peg" national Btec foundation degrees were launched this week by the degree-awarding body Edexcel. The move was heralded as a key development in the creation of qualifications...
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Drive on to topple a bullish Clarke
Will top-up fees cost the education secretary his Norwich seat? Paul Hill reports. The appeal of grants and bursaries to working-class families will be put to the test in Charles Clarke's Norwich...
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Rebel MPs warned not to turn their backs on Blair
Rebel Labour MPs who fail to see that their political future is tied to the standing of Tony Blair's government could count the cost at the ballot box, Charles Clarke has warned. In a dig at his...
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Shut Euro 'propaganda outlets', critics demand
Eurosceptic politicians are demanding the closure of "propagandist" pro-European centres at UK universities as soon as their European Union funding runs out. The UK Independence Party and other...
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Row over 'pseudo science'
Aberdeen University has been accused of promoting "pseudo-science" by setting up the Centre for the Study of Spirituality, Health and Disability, writes Olga Wojtas. The National Secular Society,...
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Shish! Kebab cartoon skewers student life
The traditional student post-pub visit to the kebab shop is to be immortalised in a television cartoon series produced by an animation company based in Dundee University's Springfield incubator unit...
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Russian ex-rector gunned down
A Russian academic at the centre of an investigation into what is believed to be the largest-ever theft of tuition fees was shot dead last month. Police said the killing bore the hallmarks of a...
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Australia faces fee rises of 25%
Australia's universities face political uncertainty as they decide whether to use their imminent freedom to vary tuition fees under the Higher Education Contribution Scheme. From 2005, universities...