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Demand from older students could be falling because of expansion of opportunity for 18-year-olds over the past decade

Announcement that government will finally follow through with threats to restrict admissions to ¡®low-quality¡¯ courses leaves sector leaders with as many questions as answers

Ex-Treasury secretary sees alumni preferences as key test for elites, and wishes he had done more to attack the practice while leading university

Long-awaited consultation response parks proposal to introduce sector-wide minimum entry requirements but slashes foundation year fee limit

Race-based admissions may be banned, but legacy students and those from elite schools still enjoy huge, unfair advantages, says Aman Majmudar

The biggest step backwards over the last 50 years was supporters¡¯ retreat from equal opportunity to a focus on ill-defined ¡®diversity¡¯, says Harvey Graff

Use of the CSAT is likely to increase US enrolment of South Koreans but could bode ill for some of the latter¡¯s domestic institutions, says Kyuseok Kim

Echoing conservative Supreme Court, coalition of advocacy groups formally demands end to Harvard¡¯s admissions preferences for relatives of alumni

Department for Education statistics show social mobility impact of A-level assessments affected by Covid-19 policies

Number of UK 18-year-olds starting university later this year is expected to be the second-highest ever ¨C but down from last year¡¯s record

The ban on race-conscious admissions does not override the need to monitor progress in equity and social mobility, says W. Carson Byrd

It isn¡¯t perfect, but data and analytics could capture the disadvantages applicants face and the diversity they may represent, says Carlo Ratti

Experts raise concern that US applicants will be forced to spin ¡®sob stories¡¯ about overcoming discrimination

Australia is top-performing nation for first time in five years, while the United Arab Emirates is on the rise

Shorter degrees and more apprenticeships among other plans to boost staff recruitment

Academic leaders see grounds for improvement despite Supreme Court ruling, though track record suggests reason for sceptism

Trump-installed conservative supermajority ends decades of precedent that allowed consideration of racial diversity in undergraduate enrolments

Student growth is a key reason why Lucy Cavendish is admitting more state school pupils than any Oxbridge college, says president Madeleine Atkins

Overall US recruitment from overseas up 8 per cent at postgraduate level, according to annual survey

Admissions service warns that disadvantaged learners could be squeezed out as UK university application numbers hit 1 million by end of decade

Young people with asylum status say they struggle to get admissions teams to understand immigration rules and recognise their academic track records

Hepi report says reforms already announced by Ucas must go further

Gaps between quality of providers¡¯ teaching and the students they cater for identified in new Hepi report

Makers of GRE seek to revamp standardised test after universities raise concerns over diversity and value

But young carers with degrees are more likely to be in work than carers without degrees, study finds

Gatekeeping systems used by big brand institutions ¡®legitimise race and class inequalities¡¯, scholars claim in book

Mechanism needed to stem ¡®unlimited recruitment¡¯ by wealthy institutions and resulting job cuts at other universities, say UCU activists

A misinformed rush to churn out employable graduates combined with a zero-sum budgeting approach is denuding other departments, says Harvey Graff

In rare victory for parents, federal appeals court overturns convictions, criticising their alleged bribery but agreeing that USC wasn¡¯t cheated

Earnings gap for poor graduates applies even taking into account university attended and subject studied, Taso report finds

Practice in which a student creates a portfolio of study preferences and then receives offers helps US colleges boost size and diversity of new intake

But academics express scepticism, saying policy does not tackle ¡®root¡¯ of problem behaviour

More prepared to pay for education because of innovations in flexible learning, despite demographic shifts that are harming public sector

Despite ¡®debt avalanche¡¯, universities stress that tuition fee loans are ¡®not like grocery bills¡¯

Elite universities could be doing far more to help disadvantaged students, regardless of what the Supreme Court decides on affirmative action, say makers of Exclusion U documentary

Colleges and universities are providing students more in tuition breaks than they collect, in sign of growing budgetary strains

Institutions will be able to limit or expand recruitment depending on local circumstances, with more centralised management also possible

Study finds trainee doctors become cynical, emotionally distanced and desensitised towards their patients

With nation¡¯s top judicial body expected to outlaw efforts to consider race in admissions, student essays held out as alternative means of preserving equity

Existing providers must hone a distinctive offer to deal with increased competition at home and abroad, experts tell Ucas

Series of recent shutdowns across the country attributed to shifts in political attitudes and post-Covid technologies

While pundits predicted international woe from border closures, accounts suggest waning domestic demand is doing the damage

University of Pennsylvania¡¯s pulling of legacy aid seen as sign of embarrassment and potential harbinger of change across US elite

Boosting disadvantaged Australians¡¯ share of university places requires biggest contributions from institutions already pulling most weight, study finds

Many learners reluctant to attend public institutions as this may ¡®legitimise regime¡¯, says researcher

Encouraging graduates into teaching would bring a ready-made army of advocates for university study into daily contact with pupils, says Jane White

Australia¡¯s underwhelming success in making university enrolments more equitable underlines the need to ¡®address schooling¡¯, forum hears

T levels are an alternative to A levels, not to level 1-3 vocational courses. Students need both options, says Sam Parrett

As states weigh hundreds of calls to cut gender-related rights, institutions are predicted to face relocations even more extensive than those tied to abortion

Pragmatic approach to careers and medical school frenzy behind trend of turning down offers at prestigious ¡®SKY¡¯ institutions, academics say

State education department head suggests SAT could be replaced by Christian-oriented alternative

A digitised form of America¡¯s famous admissions exam will help level the playing field for university applicants across the world, says Cezar Wazen

Monthly payments not enough to counter massive rises in cost of living, says students¡¯ union

Numbers of students unable to say if parents had studied could point to need to rethink representation questions, says Hesa

Colleges hope that disadvantaged students might do better if their school counselors are given a chance to come along with them

Big uptick in female enrolment in final years of school needed to improve higher education representation unless conversion rate improves, or courses are made optional

Limiting international student numbers or cutting post-study work eligibility is not the way to become a science superpower, says Max Lu

Study that asked Americans if they would use genetic screening or gene editing to improve chances of offspring getting into a leading university triggers warning of increased educational inequalities

English regulator concedes providers being asked to do too much, too quickly and gives most another year to work on plans

Total number of applications to study for a degree in UK down by 2.3 per cent at January deadline