Europe

International students not being offered a back door to prestigious institutions, review finds, but issues with progression and different conditions flagged

Survey finds widening gap between hopes and expectations of students from richest and poorest backgrounds

Report by Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes examines the earnings and employment status of more than 1 million individuals

Persistent earning gaps by gender, ethnicity and socio-economic background are unfair to individuals and a drag on the economy, says Omar Khan

Fresh five-day walkout announced as 97 staff members face redundancy 

Blanket rules preventing master’s students from bringing family with them said to be harming UK’s world-leading specialist institutions

One of the advantages of a large majority is that there is more generous political cover for experts brought into ministerial roles, says David Willetts

‘Low-hanging fruit’ has been picked, says expert, leaving institutions needing to make ‘step change’ investments at time of financial crisis

The pioneering French physicist explains why she still lectures and how she kept her Nobel prize news under wraps at the lectern

Institutions hope to show worth to new government by training more doctors and teachers, but say they need policy commitments in return

With students studying in England no longer quizzed on their overall satisfaction, THE crunches the numbers to calculate which UK university has the most satisfied students

Former city MP suggests Nuclear AMRC should be removed from university control as job cuts loom