Further education colleges are doing better than expected in attracting students from areas with low rates of higher education participation, but they also have higher-than-predicted dropout rates from some types of student.
The University of Glasgow has declined to publish the findings of its investigation into suspected research misconduct by a former professor of immunopharmacology.
The chief executive of the London School of Commerce (LSC), an associate college of Cardiff Metropolitan University, and his wife received a dividend of £1 million in 2010, company accounts show.
Some universities remain up to 600 students short of the number they need to recruit, amid suggestions that other institutions could be causing the shortfalls by "hanging on to" applicants who missed their grades.
London Metropolitan University is to lose its licence to teach foreign students, it has been reported, becoming the first UK university to be stripped of its Highly Trusted Sponsor status by the UK Border Agency.
Scottish universities have seen an increase of more than 26 per cent in the number of English students accepting places, according to the latest admissions data.
Nearly two in three UK universities are setting English language requirements below the recommended level for undergraduate students from outside the European Union, according to a ߣߣƵ survey.
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The performance of the "already over-stretched" Shared Services Centre for the UK research councils may suffer further when new bodies begin to use the centre in the coming months, it has been warned.
Universities should regularly inspect their collaborative partners to check on their financial stability and legal status, according to beefed-up Quality Assurance Agency requirements.
Canada should double the number of overseas students it attracts over the next 10 years as part of an internationalisation drive, a report by the Advisory Panel on Canada's International Education Strategy has said.
Universities are facing a “student recruitment crisis” in clearing and some are 2,000 short of their number targets, according to a marketing consultancy.
Students with “modest” A-level results who were accidentally accepted to courses at the University of Ulster’s School of Engineering are to be given places on a foundation year to help them prepare for their degree.
Universities and students have been experiencing "massive" ongoing problems with the admissions agency's online system during clearing, according to a vice-chancellor, who warned that institutions could be more likely to face fines for over-recruitment as a result.
The proportion of A levels awarded at the top grades has fallen as other figures show that almost 30,000 fewer students have so far been accepted on to courses compared with this time last year.
The government appears to be preparing for a battle between selective universities and Les Ebdon, the new director of fair access, by giving him stronger legal backing in case he rejects, changes or enforces universities' access agreements.
An institution receiving "significant" bad press or a petition signed by around a third of its student body should be visited by quality inspectors, the University Alliance mission group has suggested.
