Feature: are UK degree standards comparable? | Features | Times Higher Education

Feature: are UK degree standards comparable? | Features | Times Higher Education Interesting comment on standards from Chris Rust.

How much does an Oxbridge undergraduate really cost? | Nick Hillman | Education | The Guardian

How much does an Oxbridge undergraduate really cost? | Nick Hillman | Education | The Guardian


Our most prestigious universities are lobbying to increase fees above £9,000, but are not transparent about their finances says this report in the Guardian

Feature: Big brother in the academy | Features | Times Higher Education

Feature: Big brother in the academy | Features | Times Higher Education - accountability in HE....surely when publicly funded there is some need to demonstrate effectiveness in research and teaching...

John Latham: 'I don't want more students, but I'm glad the cap's going' | Higher Education Network | The Guardian

John Latham: 'I don't want more students, but I'm glad the cap's going' | Higher Education Network | The Guardian - comment from our own Vice-Chancellor

Liam Byrne: ‘Funding system combines worst of a free-for-all and a money pit’ | Opinion | Times Higher Education

Liam Byrne: ‘Funding system combines worst of a free-for-all and a money pit’ | Opinion | Times Higher Education Liam Byrne: ‘Funding system combines worst of a free-for-all and a money pit’

Tuition fee hike blamed as international students at UK universities fall by a quarter - News - Student - The Independent

Tuition fee hike blamed as international students at UK universities fall by a quarter - News - Student - The Independent Figures show a dramatic 25 per cent slump in the number of full-time EU undergraduates, which experts put down to the introduction of the new fees system with charges of up to £9,000 a year. The numbers are down from 23,440 to 17,890

Tuition fees blunder: 'there's no need for this spiralling public cost' | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional

Tuition fees blunder: 'there's no need for this spiralling public cost' | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional From non-subsidised government loans to a graduate tax, three higher education professionals suggest how to move forward from the tuition fees debacle

Almost a quarter of postgrad students at English universities are Chinese | Education | The Guardian

Almost a quarter of postgrad students at English universities are Chinese | Education | The Guardian There are now almost as many Chinese students on full-time postgraduate courses at English universities as there are British students, according to figures published on Wednesday

No bonanza for those who left places unfilled | News | Times Higher Education

No bonanza for those who left places unfilled | News | Times Higher Education Universities that proved less popular with undergraduates this year have had their student number allocations for next year cut, despite the government making 30,000 extra places available.

Student fees policy likely to cost more than the system it replaced | Education | The Guardian

Student fees policy likely to cost more than the system it replaced | Education | The Guardian - the system isn't working!!

Cool it, Which? A degree is not a fridge | Opinion | Times Higher Education

Cool it, Which? A degree is not a fridge | Opinion | Times Higher Education The concept of a student market - and so the involvement of the Consumers’ Association - is flawed, argues Martin McQuillan

Feature: Germany’s great tuition fees U-turn | Features | Times Higher Education

Feature: Germany’s great tuition fees U-turn | Features | Times Higher Education

During the past eight years, university tuition fees were introduced into most west German federal states. Yet in a few months, every single state will have abolished them. These facts raise a series of topical questions that cast current English higher education policy in a fresh and revealing light.

Government grant letter delivers cut to university funding | News | Times Higher Education

Government grant letter delivers cut to university funding | News | Times Higher Education The government has delivered a £125 million cut to higher education funding in today’s grant letter, while criticising vice-chancellors on pay

What will Labour say about the expansion of student numbers? | Education | The Guardian

What will Labour say about the expansion of student numbers? | Education | The Guardian - A rather speculative article which doesn't really tell us much but raises interesting points.

Qualifications ‘snobbery’ holds back poorer students | News | Times Higher Education

Qualifications ‘snobbery’ holds back poorer students | News | Times Higher Education Snobbery” among universities is stopping students from poorer backgrounds gaining degrees using credits accumulated at other institutions, according to a leading educationalist.

BIS blew its budget, and now the entire higher education sector will have to pay

BIS blew its budget, and now the entire higher education sector will have to pay | Andrew McGettigan | Comment is free | theguardian.com The department has to save £570m in the next financial year, and the axe will fall on research funding and student grants

Do teaching models in higher education need reinventing? – live chat | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional

Do teaching models in higher education need reinventing? – live chat | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional -  Interesting discussion on whether the lecture is now out of date....

Ucas figures highlight potential perils for institutions

Ucas figures highlight potential perils for institutions Universities with lower entry requirements could be at greatest risk of losing students and millions of pounds in income under the new funding regime, data suggest

University applications down by 6% | Education | guardian.co.uk

University applications down by 6% | Education | guardian.co.uk Universities UK expresses concern over impact of tuition fees after Ucas data points to sizeable fall for total 2013 applicant figure

BBC News - UK university applications down for second year running

BBC News - UK university applications down for second year running University applications from UK students are down for the second year running, official figures show.