By Martin Williams. From racist ‘banter’ to Eurocentric history degrees, higher education is haunted by Britain’s colonial past. But what does it mean to students. More...
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How Britain's old empire lives on in universities
UK universities tumble in world rankings amid Brexit concerns
By Sally Weale. Uncertainty over research funding and immigration rules blamed for decline, as Cambridge slips out of top three for first time. More...
Top UK universities consider new campuses in Europe
By Anna Fazackerley. Vice-chancellors, fearing a loss of research money and students post Brexit, are on an EU charm offensive. More...
Top 200 universities in the world 2016: the global trends
Top 200 universities in the world 2016 - the table
Higher education data specialists QS rank the top 200 world universities
Oxford offers highest number of places to state pupils for 40 years
By Damien Gayle. Six in 10 places at university have been offered to pupils from state schools after heavy investment in outreach projects. More...
My dirty little secret: I've been writing erotic novels to fund my PhD
By Academics Anonymous. Don’t breathe a word, my mentor advised me. They were right – I’ve had some odd reactions from the few colleagues I’ve told. More...
Think play is for nurseries, not universities? Think again
By Andrew Walsh. You might consider university students too old to play games in lectures, but it lets them experiment and deepen knowledge. More...
Back home and in debt: life after university tuition fees
By Liz Lightfoot. When university tuition costs nearly trebled from £3,375 a year to £9,000 in 2012, students were promised value for money, more choice and higher lifetime earnings than non-graduates. But the first students to pay the new fees, many of whom graduated last summer, are not having it easy. More...
