Civic universities should offer places to all locals who make the grade
Ease of entry encourages access, and most universities have enough places to guarantee entry without requiring personal statements,聽says Tim Leunig

Ease of entry encourages access, and most universities have enough places to guarantee entry without requiring personal statements,聽says Tim Leunig

Conservative peer steps down following long-running criticism of his political affiliation

University leaders U-turn on controversial decision to fire professor that sparked academic freedom row

Academics tell Elsevier that they recognise the potential of generative AI but want to see their concerns addressed

European Molecular Biology Laboratory boss will lead the Crick from next summer as Nobel laureate director steps back

Ivy League campus, however, keeps in place the dean who also participated, boosting concerns about its sincerity amid sustained political threat

Planetary warming shown to attract very few of the subject鈥檚 scholarly articles, conference sessions and course listings

Republican nominee promises to end department in second term, though experts see underlying details as the more threatening aspects

Ministry support will be vital, but a lack of political imperative could limit motivation, say聽Hyejin Kim,聽Erik Mobrand and聽Sylvia Schwaag Serger聽

Latest gift brings tycoon鈥檚 total gifts to alma mater to about $4.6 billion

Former education secretary returns to old brief, while ex-science minister steps up following Donelan鈥檚 defeat

Judge tells university to pay damages but rules there was no breach of Siouxsie Wiles鈥 academic freedom

When too many students fail to graduate, small investments can make a world of difference, says commission

Increased discrimination may be hangover from pandemic, say researchers behind聽International Student Barometer

Scholars see opportunities to influence Labour鈥檚 thinking on universities and聽beyond as power of thinktanks wanes