Ethnic minority groups more likely to have a degree than whites | News | Times Higher Education

Ethnic minority groups more likely to have a degree than whites | News | Times Higher Education People of Indian and Chinese descent in England and Wales are almost twice as likely to have a degree as white British people, a new study says

The college that gets 11-plus 'failures' into Oxbridge. How? | Education | The Guardian

The college that gets 11-plus 'failures' into Oxbridge. How? | Education | The Guardian An interesting article on Loreto College in inner-city Manchester and its success with Oxbridge applications.

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.

BBC News - Top universities 'have become less representative'

BBC News - Top universities 'have become less representative' The proportion of students from state schools who started a full-time course in one of the top 24 universities fell slightly between 2002-3 and 2011-12.

Universities failing on equality of access, research suggests | Education | The Guardian

Universities failing on equality of access, research suggests | Education | The Guardian

BBC News - Heavy metal university degree course launched

BBC News - Heavy metal university degree course launched: Heavy metal university degree course launched - when I was an Environmental Science lecturer this was about Copper, Lead and Cadmium pollution!

KFC serves up degree course | Business | The Guardian

KFC serves up degree course | Business | The Guardian KFC is subjecting its zingers, popcorn chicken and BBQ rancher burgers to some academic rigour after launching a BA in business management

The WASRS Archive: literature syntheses

The WASRS Archive: literature syntheses
Commissioned by the Higher Education Academy, these six literature syntheses bring together the central themes in the research and practice legacy of the Aimhigher, Lifelong learning, Action on Access, and What Works? Programmes.

Should students be encouraged to set their sights on Russell Group universities? | Education | The Guardian

Should students be encouraged to set their sights on Russell Group universities? | Education | The Guardian Interesting article  - does attending a Russell group give student's an advantage in the job market?

School federations aim to provide education to degree level | Education | The Guardian

School federations aim to provide education to degree level | Education | The Guardian  Should Universities be worried?

State school graduates 'fail to reach job potential' | Education | The Observer

State school graduates 'fail to reach job potential' | Education | The Observer Despite outperforming their private school counterparts at university, state-educated students do less well after college

BBC News - Willetts: White working class boys missing out on university

BBC News - Willetts: White working class boys missing out on university Universities in England should be doing more to encourage applications from white working class boys, Universities Minister David Willetts says.

Understanding and learning from students: do you know generation Y? | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional

Understanding and learning from students: do you know generation Y? | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional
When it comes to understanding students and enhancing student experience at universities, a partnership approach is best, says Derfel Owen

More modern and more open, but the posh are back in charge | Aditya Chakrabortty | Comment is free | The Guardian

More modern and more open, but the posh are back in charge | Aditya Chakrabortty | Comment is free | The Guardian: More than a third of MPs in the current Commons have been privately educated, a higher proportion than the 2005 batch, while eight government ministers went to Eton. Ho Hum....

How many people from state school go to your university? | News | guardian.co.uk

How many people from state school go to your university? | News | guardian.co.uk: "New figures show exactly how many people from state schools and poor neighbourhoods go to each university. Coventry is just below the national mean with 9.6% of the 3,335 total young full-time first degree entrants from low- participation neighbourhoods. There is data here from all institutions"

Languages are becoming 'twilight subjects' at state schools | Education | guardian.co.uk

Languages are becoming 'twilight subjects' at state schools | Education | guardian.co.uk: "Most state schools in England have abandoned a government target to keep at least half their pupils studying a language until the age of 16, the study reveals." More evidence of the difference in cultural capital of students between the state and independent sector in education

'Worthless qualifications' give false hope to state pupils, says Harrow head | Education | guardian.co.uk

'Worthless qualifications' give false hope to state pupils, says Harrow head | Education | guardian.co.uk: "Pupils from deprived backgrounds are being conned into thinking they can advance in life by a system that hands out 'worthless' qualifications, Harrow school's headteacher said today.

State schools risk producing students like 'those girls in the first round of the X Factor' who tell the judges they want to be the next Britney Spears but cannot sing a note, Barnaby Lenon said."

Rather harsh but probably true!