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Cross-party congress renews calls for rejection of controversial Ravenscraig rail freight hub appeal

The proposals from the Russell Group were thrown out by North Lanarkshire Council in December last year

Daily Record

One in five students at top universities consider dropping out over cost of living

A quarter are regularly going without food and other essentials, a new Russell Group Students’ Unions study reveals

The Guardian - UK

University dished out £120k in library fines to students in just one year

Over £7m in fines for late returns or not returning books at all have been issued over the last decade

Wales Online

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Universities get extra £15m to help students with cost-of-living pressures

Tuition fees in England will be frozen for the next two years and maximum student loans for living costs will rise, the Government said.

The Independent UK

Students face £1,500 inflation shortfall in maintenance loans, universities warn

Russell Group says more hard-up students in England will drop out if loans fail to keep up with rising costs

The Guardian - UK

Plans for railhead logistics hub at Ravenscraig thrown off track by council

The Russell Group's plans were rejected by North Lanarkshire Council.

Daily Record

Decision on rail logistics hub at Ravenscraig set to be decided in December

The plans are set to be debated by North Lanarkshire councillors in mid-December but Lanarkshire Live understands that NLC planners will move to REJECT the plans.

Daily Record

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Revealed: the universities being shortlisted by young Londoners

Exclusive Unifrog data shows the most popular universities researched by teens in the capital

Evening Standard

Planning changes to controversial Ravenscraig rail hub submitted to council

The Russell Group is seeking permission to build a railhead logistics hub at the former industrial site at a cost of around £200 million.

Daily Record

UK universities call for maintenance loan uplift amid students’ financial woes

Russell Group says rise in hardship funding also needed as survey shows average maintenance loan falls £439 short each month

The Guardian - UK

A-Level results: Clearing vacancies down after 'admin blip' ahead of results day

More than 500 were shown as available when they should not have been

Wales Online

Clearing vacancies down after ‘admin blip’ ahead of A-level results day

The University of Liverpool had shown 529 courses as available in clearing on the Ucas website last week but this should not have been the case.

The Independent UK

Universities confident students will make grade, says Ucas

Some UK universities had just a handful or no courses at all available through the clearing process a week ahead of results day.

The Independent UK

Public health research at risk if EU programme membership is lost – universities

Russell Group say research is too important to be part of Northern Ireland Protocol negotiations.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller students ‘face stark barriers to going to university’

A report highlights how stark attainment gaps from early years education onwards and societal prejudice work to exclude GRT pupils from university.

The Guardian - UK

UK universities warn tuition fee crisis could mean home student cutbacks

Fears some institutions may recruit mainly international students – whose fees are not capped

The Independent UK

Thousands of good A-level students will ‘miss out’ on university as competition for places increases

Many elite universities are increasing their requirements for entry on to their courses

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of good A-level students won’t get top university offer

Students predicted three Bs face struggle as competition grows for places at elite institutions

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The Guardian - UK

Oxford and UCL tipped to win lion’s share of grants in UK research audit

Northumbria soars up research excellence framework ratings of 76,000 academics used to divide up £2bn annual funding

The Independent UK

University research triumphs will help with levelling up agenda, say experts

More than 80% of UK university research has been judged as world-leading or internationally excellent.

The Guardian - UK

Degrees underfunded by £1,750 per student, Russell Group says

Group says deficit would widen to £4,000 under plan to freeze tuition fees in England until 2024-25

The Independent UK

Freezing tuition fees ‘will put pressure on funding for teaching’

The Russell Group is urging the Government to work with the sector to develop a new funding formula from 2024/2025.

The Independent UK

Degree course dropout rates fall to lowest on record

On average, 2% of students dropped out across Russell Group universities.

The Independent UK

A third of Russell Group universities see fall in state school student numbers

The proportion of state-educated pupils starting university has stalled over the past five years.

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