By Ibrar Bhatt. Can’t remember the name of the two elements that scientist Marie Curie discovered? Or who won the 1945 UK general election? Or how many light years away the sun is from the earth? Ask Google. More...

By Jill Johnes. English universities have known since June that there would be cuts to higher education funding. Now the amount and detail of the savings have been disseminated to universities: the sector must make a total saving of £150m. Some have argued this is evidence that the sector is in “perpetual financial crisis”. So what are the likely impacts of the latest round of cuts on universities and how will they manage their finances. More...

By Giuseppe Migali. No student takes the decision lightly to drop out of university before completing their course – particularly if they’ve taken out large loans to pay for the tuition fees. My new research shows that when tuition fees go up, it actually decreases the risk of students dropping-out. More...