Rise in firsts and 2:1s highest among those with lowest A levels
Data from one of last Hefce reports likely to throw down the gauntlet to new Office for Students on grade inflation
Data from one of last Hefce reports likely to throw down the gauntlet to new Office for Students on grade inflation
Nation’s campuses see overall undergraduate enrolment gain for first time since Covid, only to lose new four-year entrants
Are research careers meritocratic? Do universities do enough to support researchers? Is impact more important than publications? Is interdisciplinarity the key to new discoveries? Can...
Six per cent of young first degree entrants fail to advance to second year, Hesa data show
First Complete University Guide survey since Augar review raises prospect of domestic master’s fees overtaking annual charges for undergraduates
Figures renew concerns that last year’s pandemic-affected cycle adversely hit less selective universities
What has been the impact of £9k fees and what is in store when the cap on student numbers is lifted?
What’s behind the big rises for vice-chancellors? Plus, academic pay across the UK
Reversing last year's backward slide, entry to higher education by students from poorer families shows a modest rise. Ministers breathed a sigh of relief this week as the annual higher education...
Unions blame 'bums-on-seats' attitude for student-to-staff ratio shooting up as high as 46:1, writes Tony Tysome The ratio of students to academics at some universities is double the pupil-to-teacher...
Lord Mandelson has wielded the axe on university spending, and whichever party wins the general election, further cuts are likely. Using an exclusive analysis of institutions' financial statements by...
How does your university compare with others in the salary stakes? An exclusive analysis of figures by The Times Higher reveals for the first time the wide discrepancies in average academic salaries...
Why do small subject areas and old universities do better in teaching quality assessments? In the second part of our analysis, Phil Baty questions peer review Academics acting as teaching quality...