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.
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.
These pictures of women - one wearing a blue silk headdress, the other displaying her gold engagement jewellery and hennaed hands - were taken in rural Turkey in the 1980s.
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 探花视频 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.
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.
The top ten universities in the world have remained unchanged in the 2012 Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings, but for the first time China has more universities in the top 500 than the UK.
Education company Pearson has launched a college that will offer degrees through the FTSE 100 company's partnership with Royal Holloway, University of London.
The main body representing universities in the UK has sought to reassure students in the light of "doom-laden" forecasts about how admissions will pan out after this year's A-level results are released on Thursday.
England's funding council has commissioned educational research company i-graduate to research the information needs of taught postgraduates, who now make up around one fifth of all UK students.
