universities
Universities which restrict access to exam scripts ’cause students harm’
Students cannot reflect on their exam performance without seeing their marked scripts, a paper from the Higher Education Policy Institute has said.
Three-quarters of higher education providers ‘could be in deficit by 2025-26’
The Office for Students said up to 72% of providers could fall below the line by 2025-26 based on current trends.
Focus on final-year exams at Oxbridge may disadvantage female students – report
The assessment system at Oxford and Cambridge could be worse for women as they tend to be more risk averse and can suffer from PMS, a report suggests.
Creative industries dominated by the affluent show class inequality – charity
Research found that Bafta nominated actors are five times more likely to have attended a fee-paying school than the average person.
Fewer 18-year-olds from UK apply to most selective universities and courses
The number of applicants for medicine courses has fallen to the lowest point since 2020, Ucas figures show.
Fee rise will not fix ‘financial pressures’ facing universities due to NI hike
Changes announced in the Budget around employers’ national insurance contributions will cost the sector around £372m, it has been suggested.
Wes Streeting defends tuition fee increase as ‘proportionate and reasonable’
Health Secretary Mr Streeting, a former president of the National Union of Students, said he would still go to university even with the fee rise.
Tuition fee rise ‘morally wrong’ and only a ‘sticking plaster’ for universities
The Government has announced that tuition fees will rise to £9,535 in England from the next academic year to help universities struggling financially.
Why are tuition fees in England going to rise?
Capped tuition fees paid by domestic students and a drop in overseas students had led to universities struggling financially in recent years.
University tuition fees to rise to £9,535 in England next year
Fees will rise for the first time in eight years to help universities facing ‘severe financial challenges’, the Education Secretary has confirmed.