Category: 'university'

Hundreds of thousands more university places will be needed by 2030 in order to keep up with demand for degrees, according to a study.

The UK's highest paid vice-chancellor is retiring from the University of Bath amid a row over claims of excessive pay among university leaders.

The top two universities in the world are to be found in the UK, according to a new league table. Oxford held on to first place in the latest annual Times Higher Education World University Rankings, with Cambridge rising from fourth place to take second.

George Osborne, the editor of the Evening Standard and former chancellor of the exchequer, has added a sixth job to his portfolio – that of honorary professor of economics at the University of Manchester.

Earlier this year the government proposed new plans to increase the price of tuition fees for students attending university to £9,250 per year of study. This is a £250 rise from the current £9,000 fee and will take effect from 2017.