Admissions

Offa concerned that institutions lack evidence for effectiveness of outlay on bursaries and fee waivers

Scottish students less likely to be offered a place than rest-of-UK and non-EU applicants, according to watchdog

UCU brands University of Bolton incentive scheme, which could see programme leaders paid thousands of pounds, ‘just wrong’

Stagnation in university recruitment accounts for £5 billion of shortfall, UKCISA conference told

Despite previous warnings proving unfounded, survey author says that there may be a point at which university 'would become too expensive'

Parts of case could apply to admissions and financial aid policies in most of US higher education

Baroness Blackstone on the case for greater diversity in selective universities

EU nationals represent nearly one in five students at some universities

Swansea takes top honour at annual Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards while Nottingham Trent scoops two

Analysis shows how students from ethnic minorities and less advantaged backgrounds are less likely to get a university offer

There have been radically different responses to Massachusetts’ and Maine’s attempts to bring in students from further afield, explains Howard Segal

Baroness Blackstone argues that admitting applicants of mixed ability would be a ‘worthy goal’

Study suggests mass higher education increases the dominance of the middle class over opportunities

Formulaic distribution set to end, with grants being channelled through new outreach programme instead

Students from most advantaged neighbourhoods 16 times more likely to win a place at the University of Cambridge than most disadvantaged peers

Rebuffing claims that opening up sector will endanger its reputation, minister says ‘we have heard these concerns before’

Students viewed by government as welcome immigrants, but questions over capacity and provincial policies remain

Audit of University of California system finds that institution enrolled less-qualified non-resident students to boost revenue

Research for Sutton Trust finds girls in Year 9 are more likely than boys to think getting a degree is important

Only a tiny fraction of the group enter university in the UK and across Europe, but attempts are being made to change the situation

Sutton Trust study finds disadvantaged students still struggle to get into Scottish universities, and instead enter the college sector

David Matthews considers a flurry of ‘threats’ to the conveyor belt of arrivals and what Western campuses can do to shockproof their systems

University Alliance study highlights what it says is higher education institutions' key role in improving social mobility

Many existing access programmes focus on football or rugby, study finds

Tim Blackman’s vision of higher education for the 21st century is one in which students of varying abilities learn successfully together

Institutional performance on widening participation released by Offa for first time

New book explores the anxieties of Peking and Tsinghua students caught between their parents, the Communist Party and new Western ideas about education

Start-up firm Spires plans rapid expansion across UK universities, and says it could help social mobility – but others see private tutoring as harming access

Well-targeted mental health support can help students stay on track in an uncapped sector, says David Laws

Cambridge Assessment researcher says points system should be redrawn to reflect students’ achievement at university

Investing in the education of millions of young people can help defuse a security time bomb, argue Faisal Abbas and Abdur Rehman Cheema

But group of universities says Vikki Boliver’s latest criticisms are ‘simply not justified’

Offspring of lone parents are an overlooked group in widening participation, study suggests

Study also warns that business schools could be producing ever more narcissistic graduates, leading to economic problems in future

As society is transformed, focusing on graduate employment will no longer be sufficient, says Graeme Atherton

Setting up new national outreach programme could stall momentum, expert warns

Education minister says senior managers at Kenya National Examinations Council implicated in ‘unprecedented cheating’

Ahead of the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race, Lincoln Allison ponders the decline of sport at university, and the value of such pursuits

Disadvantaged students will suffer if institutions do not respond to the loss of grants, says Geoff Layer

The Commission on Widening Access’ ambitious report looks to emulate and expand on Offa’s approach, says John Field

Commission for Widening Access calls for ‘entrenched patterns of advantage’ to be broken down

Headteacher warns that institutions will otherwise be forced to choose between students with ‘ragtag mixed bag’ of qualifications

In a THE interview, the government’s social mobility adviser and Lancaster chancellor also criticises Jeremy Corbyn fees policy

About half of poorer students would have applied to university differently without a grant, Sodexo research also suggests

Although many students praise aspects of their university experience, the majority are still unhappy about what they get in return for fees

Universities should collaborate to make best use of data on students' backgrounds, says Joshua Oware

Students need to apply numerical and statistical methods to real-world contexts, says Rita Gardner

Institutions have little evidence that their widening participation activities deliver, but they are working to change that, finds Chris Havergal

Government considering regulation that would further hamper enrolment of international students, sector leaders fear

The odds on acceptance for pupils from comprehensives should force us to tackle interview bias and adopt quotas, says Anthony Costello

No more than 75 per cent of a discipline’s students should be of the same gender, says funding council

Jem Bloomfield doesn’t recognise the picture of a higher education system that panders to female students and glories in marginalising their male peers

Figures suggest Oxford and Cambridge among seven Russell Group institutions with lower proportion of poorer students compared with 10 years ago

Acceptances nearly doubled for some universities, halved for others, since number controls eased in 2012

Admissions service says it is in talks to widen availability of its records

Why are researchers preoccupied with 'lad culture' when the under-representation of men among students is the real problem, asks Joanna Williams

High dropout rate among black students also targeted in new guidance to Offa

Former University of York chancellor says leading universities should lower entry requirements for students from poor backgrounds

Interviews with MA students in UK suggest that although few agree with Chinese government line, compulsory courses dull development of independent thought

Does the fall in UK applicants revealed this week spell trouble for universities, asks Jack Grove