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Some universities could still fail to fill places, v-c warns

The upturn in students accepted into university this year could disguise big falls at some institutions, a vice-chancellor has warned.

A-level grade deflation continues but universities accept record numbers

The number of students accepted on to university courses is up 9 per cent despite a fall in the number of top grades awarded at A level.

Academic Ranking of World Universities 2013 released

Eastern institutions slow to make inroads into Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities table

THE podcast: 15 August 2013 issue review

Download the podcastA-level results day, clearing, overseas students’ use of proofreaders and Oxbridge’s relationship with competition law are all up for discussion in this week’s Times Higher...

15 August 2013

Unintended results - What A‑level reforms might mean for the sector

The week in higher education

Since taking over last year at the Office for Fair Access, Les Ebdon’s tactic for avoiding publicity has been to make all his pronouncements as boring as possible. But that does not keep people off...

Leader - Don’t get too comfortable

Sector braces itself for second round of admissions since start of government’s big higher education ‘experiment’

Competition questions over rule that restricts applications to Oxbridge

Oxford and Cambridge agreement could amount to breach of competition law, say experts

Asian century? Not just yet

Table shows scant evidence of global power shift towards Asian institutions. David Matthews writes

Girls clean up in the Ucas points sweepstakes

But data show that grades in each subject may be rather more equal. David Matthews writes

Is proofreading permissible?

Academics lack guidance on foreign students’ use of proofreaders. David Matthews reports

Door shut on student visa sponsorship programme

A partnership helping students to work in the UK has been cut short. David Matthews writes

Odds and quads

Ceramic cabbages, knitted cauliflowers and caterpillars, birds made of stone and metal, dancing daffodils, even a hive of porcelain bees: all formed part of the allotment created by the Manchester...

No one listens to us, say 40 per cent of respondents to THE Best University Workplace Survey

Early results of THE staff survey show 40% feel their opinions go unheard. Chris Parr reports