Scholarships offered to students affected by UK ‘visa brake’ Students blocked from UK education by new Home Office rules offered chance to study online or via transnational partnerships instead By Lily Pagano 23 July
Universities ‘unloved’ by new government as No 10 confirms roles Burnham government appointments signal focus on youth unemployment and skills as universities are left ‘without a home’, according to policy analysts By Helen Packer 23 July
Ucas launches budget calculator amid cost-of-living concerns New tool allows prospective students to compare transport, food and accommodation costs in more than 100 cities and towns across the UK By Seher Asaf 23 July
Medical students ‘silenced’ by professionalism rules, BMA finds Minor infractions being labelled as a breach of standards, potentially harming future careers By Helen Packer 23 July
Worsening finances push English HE into ‘future nobody planned’ With financial pressures intensifying and income sources drying up, new report argues for more differentiated sector to avert worst-case scenario By Georgia Luckhurst 23 July
No case for insolvency regime for universities, government says Ministers reject calls to legislate to clarify process for university going bust, despite admitting arrangements are unclear By Tom Williams 22 July
Jacqui Smith retains skills minister role in Burnham government Labour peer to continue in position amid Cabinet shake-up, working with new education secretary Lucy Powell By Helen Packer 22 July
Loss of DSIT opens door to ‘fundamental policy redesign’ Decision to close department signals Burnham government wants ‘fresh start’ on science funding, says ex-ministerial adviser By Jack Grove 22 July
Higher-tariff university applications up 60 per cent since 2012 Balance in applications that existed before £9,000 fees has ‘completely disappeared’, according to new analysis By Georgia Luckhurst 22 July
Strike threat at Exeter as thousands back petition against cuts Celebrities join calls for Devon university to change course, as union ballots members over industrial action By Tom Williams 21 July
More than half of Burnham’s first Cabinet Oxbridge-educated New ministers overwhelmingly attended Russell Group institutions, with only two non-graduates among number By Georgia Luckhurst 21 July
DSIT’s demise need not be a disaster Whitehall rearrangements are disruptive, but what matters more than departmental arrangements is the people in charge, says Nick Hillman By Nick Hillman 21 July
