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Union fears changes will increase selectivity in university system

Increased interest from EU and overseas fails to make up for shrinking 18-year-old population and reduced demand from mature students

Latest Hesa data show that University of Oxford again has lowest share of new students from state schools, but Oxford Brookes is furthest from its benchmark

India has made clear that education is key to a future trade deal; the UK must take note, says Lord Bilimoria

Improving access to education should be measured by university dropout rates, says Russell Group chief executive

Former Soviet state can become destination for international students thanks to its successful fight against academic graft, says minister

But latest Ucas data show that institutions with the worst records in the past have seen an improvement

Loss of bursaries is not only cause of dramatic fall in applications for UK nursing courses, say university leaders

Unconditional offers harm A-level performance, but contextual offers do not – and they better target social mobility, says John Law

Mary Visser asks if universities are delivering for people born in the late 1990s

How can more degrees be the solution to urban deprivation when poor areas offer no graduate careers? asks Robert Hesketh

The uncapped system had many benefits but its cost was ultimately too high for politicians to bear, writes Andrew Norton

England’s outgoing director of fair access mulls progress on participation and gives advice to new regulator

Pro vice-chancellor warns that students may be ending up on courses on which they will struggle

Latest data from Ucas suggest bulk of institutions are increasingly recruiting students with similar grade profiles

The rapid increase in the number of unconditional offers being made to school-leavers is cause for concern, says Mike Nicholson

Ucas figures show the subjects, geographical areas and grades where getting such an offer is most likely 

More than one in six 18-year-old applicants now gets no-strings-attached offer, Ucas data show

Six institutions with strong graduation rates announce new targets 

Students do not have enough information to make choices about degrees, says watchdog

Jack Grove explores current strategies for widening participation in higher education, and finds out why improving access remains a huge challenge across the world, despite growing university enrolment

James Seymour says it is unfair to tar all private providers with the same brush following revelations of admissions fraud at one college

Number of students winning places at UK institutions after applying direct to clearing up 14 per cent

After rulings against six universities, Iain Campbell and Moya Clifford offer advice on making sure that university adverts are not misleading

Over the past decade, women have opened up a significant lead over men in graduation rates

Measures taken to target high dropout rate could make universities more attractive to domestic and international students

Forty per cent of UK business schools report fall in undergraduate applications from the Continent

Perhaps more could be done, but Oxbridge admissions data closely mirror applications, says Jonathan Leader Maynard

A growing sense of middle-class grievance in the UK would make a radical redistribution of top university places a very difficult political sell, says Sir Nigel Thrift

The most effective institutions in ‘oiling elite trajectories’ are now universities, not schools, find Sam Friedman and Aaron Reeves 

Sutton Trust says contextual admissions must become ‘central’ as report reveals uneven use across sector

EU and international applications up in data for Oxbridge, medical and veterinary degrees

China and India targeted by drive to recruit more than 100,000 extra students from outside EU

Lagging degree attainment leads to Latinos becoming stuck in middle-wage tiers of labour market, says study

Institution’s Canadian leader tackles executive remuneration, Brexit and diversifying the university’s student intake in THE interview

Latest OECD figures suggest that some countries such as the US are a long way behind others on social mobility

Nick Hillman makes call in book that aims to influence Conservative policy

UMBC president calls for shift in institutional culture at Times Higher Education forum

Ministry says 11 universities breached regulations by asking questions not covered in school curriculum

The loss of Supporting Professionalism in Admissions would be bad news for students, says Les Ebdon

The capital’s universities must use increased tuition fee revenue to improve access for disadvantaged students, says Tony Halmos

Administrator taking over from Les Ebdon as director of fair access must speak out on need for student diversity, says sector expert

A national postgraduate admissions system would allow universities to improve planning, enhance student satisfaction and widen participation, says Michelle Morgan

Despite putting more money into improving access, the top universities still struggle, finds Emilie Sundorph

Universities face new diversity challenge as middle-class parents push to secure places for children at top institutions, says former University of Warwick boss

Andrew Hamilton suggests lure of New York will help it to ride out political storms

With the Hungarian government clamping down on universities and championing labourers over philosophers, David Matthews meets those living with the consequences

Les Ebdon says that he came ‘close’ to rejecting access agreements in ‘one of the toughest’ rounds of negotiation yet

The number of students without a place as A-level results announced down by 13 per cent

Lower-ranked institutions lose out as drop in EU and mature student applications drive decline

University of Malta could offer financial incentive for students who apply with a Maltese qualification

Think carefully about treating students differently because of their backgrounds

Durham education experts call for more ‘radical’ approach to contextualised admissions

Paper highlights possible negative impact of performance-related funding and for-profit universities on widening participation  

Dip in number of applications puts students in the driving seat, say sector experts

Data on the entry qualifications of students at UK universities suggest that there must be more to the growth in top degrees

Private school pupils 43 percentage points more likely to enrol in most prestigious institutions

Before pouring more public or private money into universities, politicians must ensure that all students are properly prepared, says Warren Bebbington

Threat to sue universities with policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants ‘deeply disturbing’