By Fraser Nelson. A few years ago, universities started to advertise their courses using a striking government statistic: that a degree added about £250,000 to one’s lifetime earnings. It was the start of a new era, where teenagers would have to borrow up to £9,000 a year for their tuition and wanted to know if the investment would be worth it. More...

By Keith Burnett. If we want a real meritocracy, we know we have a long way to go. Britain has some of the lowest social mobility in the developed world. Over half of our top doctors, FTSE-100 chief execs, senior journalists and 70 per cent of High Court judges went to private schools. More...

By Telegraph Reporters. A college at the University of Cambridge is to fund the living costs of students from low-income backgrounds - replacing the maintenance grant recently scrapped by the Government. More...

By Josie Gurney-Read. Male graduates who studied at 23 low performing  institutions earn less, on average, than peers who chose not to attend university, a major new report has found. More...

By Josie Gurney-Read. Harper Adams University has claimed top spot in annual league tables based on student opinion. More...

By Amelia Murray. A shortlist compiled by Whatuni for the best universities for job prospects has been released before the London awards ceremony on April 14. Based on the reviews of 25,000 students the rankings are unique as the only list to base the awards solely on the opinion of students. More...

By Amelia Murray. The class of 2016 are fast approaching the end of library all-nighters and budget housing, but they won't have to wave goodbye to the perks of student banking just yet. More...

By Bryony Gordon. Some people refer to them as Generation Y, others as the millennials. My favourite title for today’s young folk, though, is the Snowflake Generation. I heard it on the television this week, as the education editor of a national paper bravely tried to make sense of the news that a student had been threatened with violating university ‘safe space’ rules, simply by raising her hand. More...

By Josie Gurney-Read. Universities in the UK are coming under increased pressure from countries in the Far East, with the number of world-leading new institutions predicted to dramatically fall next year. More...

By Associated Press. Harvard University's president has dedicated a plaque that honours slaves who worked on campus centuries ago.
The slate plaque was placed on Wadsworth House, which served as the official residence of Harvard's presidents until 1849.
The plaque lists the names of Titus and Venus, who were slaves who worked for President Benjamin Wadsworth from 1725 until 1737. It also lists the names of Juba and Bilhah, who were slaves in the household of President Edward Holyoke from 1737 until 1769. More...