Physical sciences students from southwest England travel almost five times further to study than those originally from London who read education, according to data highlighted by the Higher Education Funding Council for England
The number of students from Europe who claim living cost support from the Student Loans Company has almost doubled over the past three years. About 22,800 EU nationals got the funding in 2012-13, up from 11,600 in 2009-10
Lecturers make up the largest group of staff employed at English universities, according to data compiled by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. More than 94,000 people were employed in the role in 2012-13
Students who go straight to clearing in the search for a university place are more likely to be aged over 21, male, from England, and come from disadvantaged backgrounds than those using the standard application process, according to data from Ucas
Women graduating from part-time degrees go on to earn £7,500 less on average than their male equivalents, according to new data on higher education leavers
Universities have secured an increasing share of government expenditure on research and development since 2001, according to data from the Office for National Statistics
Academics working in medicine, veterinary medicine and dentistry are more likely to enjoy working with their colleagues than those working in the arts and humanities
Most higher education institutions had graduate employment levels between 90 and 95 per cent, with 25 institutions having rates above 95 per cent, the latest destination statistics for university-leavers showed last week
The proportion of capital investment that universities financed using internal funds has leaped 20 per cent over the past four years, according to data released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency
Great Britain and the US are losing their world share of papers published on the citation database Web of Science to emerging economies, according to a report of research metrics published by Thomson Reuters
Different types of university across UK higher education have seen varying fortunes when it comes to international student recruitment over the past 10 years, this graph shows
The proportion of black and minority ethnic professors in psychology and behavioural science is just 3 per cent, according to a new report from the Royal Society
Last month data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency showed the first recorded fall in the number of students from outside the European Union enrolling on UK higher education courses
Part-time enrolments at universities in England have been hit hard since the introduction of higher tuition fees, fresh data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency suggest
The Universities Superannuation Scheme has more than £466 million invested in banking giant HSBC, according to data from the pension scheme’s latest financial report
The universities of Oxford and Cambridge each secured about a 25 per cent rise in grant funding from the Wellcome Trust last year, according to the organisation’s annual report
UK research is punching above its weight in impact terms, according to a report prepared by Elsevier for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Public administration, education and health are the UK’s top graduate employers, according to the latest Office for National Statistics report on the national labour force
The number of purpose-built student bed spaces in each region of the UK in 2013-14, how much they cost on average per week and the number of full-time students in 2011-12 are shown here
Russell Group institutions are by far the most popular UK destinations for overseas students, accounting for more than a third of the numbers in 2011-12
Almost two-thirds of students who graduated in 2008-09 still thought their courses were good value for money three and a half years later, a survey has found
Demand for subjects such as English and history has fallen while applications to more job-oriented degree courses have climbed, an analysis by HSBC suggests
The growing competition for UK universities from new types of education providers has been highlighted in a report from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
The UK spends $43,463 (£28,350) per student over the course of their higher education studies, data from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development show
Fifteen per cent of the university spin-offs incorporated in 2000, 2001 and 2002 have so far made a “successful exit” by way of trade sales or flotations on the stock exchange, data show
The University of Sheffield has nudged the University of Cambridge into third place in a list of the UK institutions earning the most research income from engineering, Higher Education Statistics Agency data show
When deciding where to publish their research, less than one in three academics see it as very important that a journal makes its articles available for free on the internet, a survey has found