By Sarah Johnson. The government complains about a modern languages skills gap, but graduates often find they have to retrain to get a job. Read more...By Rebecca Ratcliffe. All universities are set up for students with disabilities, but try to visit the one you choose to see for yourself. Come A-level results day, some students will find their results are not what they expected, and they can no longer take up the university place they planned. Thousands will find a new place through the Ucas Clearing system – some 57,000 students did so last summer. Read more...
By Bahram Bekhradnia. We must return to first principles to develop a fair method of paying for higher education, argues Bahram Bekhradnia. David Willetts did much while he was minister for universities and science, but one thing he did not manage was to create a sustainable basis for funding higher education. More...
By . Elephant poo and ageing among the topics outlined in brief by PhD students. Presentations on elephant poo, ageing and Aids have all made it to the final of a competition that challenges PhD students to describe their thesis in three minutes. More...
By . Open access science articles are read and cited more often than articles available only to subscribers, a study has suggested. The Research Information Network analysed the web traffic to more than 700 articles published in hybrid science journal Nature Communications in the first six months of 2013. More...
By . The Santander banking group is to invest €700 million (£550 million) in university projects over the next four years, a conference has heard. More...
By . Falmouth’s course in creative advertising takes unconventional admissions route. A university is offering a “completely unconditional” place on its BA in creative advertising to the winner of a competition challenging potential students to “sell me something you own”. More...
By . Former minister says he looked at idea while in government. Universities should take on their students’ tuition fee debt so that they have an incentive to get their graduates into well-paying jobs, the former universities and science minister has argued. More...
By . Universities and colleges told proportion of visa refusals allowed will halve. More universities could lose their licences to sponsor international students after the government announced it would introduce stricter rules on recruiting students from outside the European Union. More...
By . Pressure of higher fees and rise in en-suite accommodation blamed. Students’ sense of cohesion and community in accommodation at university is on the wane, with more than one in three failing to form close friendships with those they live with, according to new research. More...
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