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Students urged to ‘take stock’ before accepting degree places on lower grades

School and college leavers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their A-level results on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Students could still get into first choice university even if they don’t get necessary grades

Some universities are ‘really keen’ this year to recruit ‘as many students as they can’ due to financial pressures

The Independent UK

Overturning miscarriages of justice and boosting local businesses – the power of real-world university learning

Northumbria University’s hands-on approach to learning is providing highly skilled graduates for the workforce and helping to drive the region’s economy

The Guardian - UK

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Ministers accused of being ‘asleep at the wheel’ over UK’s soft power around the world

Government’s own advisers warn of funding crisis for BBC World Service, British Council and universities

The Guardian - UK

Student visa crackdown will make funding crisis worse, says Universities UK

Vivienne Stern says universities face ‘critical moment’ amid reports students from abroad could be targeted for restrictions

The Guardian - UK

More mergers between universities could be on the cards, sector chief says

Nearly half of higher education institutions have been forced to close courses to reduce costs, a Universities UK survey suggests.

Evening Standard

Non-students in pro-Palestinian camps ‘likely to have extended protests’

The encampments made Jewish students ‘fearful’ and they may have encouraged students to engage in antisemitic behaviour, a report says.

The Independent UK

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Phillipson to set out plans for university free speech law

The Government put the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act on hold last summer.

Evening Standard

Ministers to revise university freedom of speech legislation

Contentious liability clause that could have exposed institutions to being sued by Holocaust deniers is scrapped

The Guardian - UK

‘Bring back EU student exchanges’ demand UK universities

It comes as Sir Keir prepares for his first bilateral meeting with the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen

The Independent UK

UK universities urge government to restart flow of EU students after Brexit

Universities UK ‘holding back’ on requests to restart Erasmus programme, but hopeful amid talks on youth mobility

The Guardian - UK

English universities offer to curb foreign students if they can raise tuition fees

Vice-chancellors to publish ‘blueprint’ proposing ministers stabilise visa regime and allow them to address sector’s financial crisis

The Guardian - UK

Next government faces hard choices on English universities, say experts

Ministers left with unpalatable options of raising tuition fees, making grants or capping student numbers, says IFS

The Guardian - UK

Next government must make hard university funding decisions, fast

Labour sees no electoral gain in flagging sector’s funding crisis – but losses cannot be sustained much longer

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Ex-ministers warn UK universities will go bust without higher fees or funding

Exclusive: Vice-chancellors suggest fee rise of £2,000 to £3,500 a year, but others say that is ‘politically impossible’

The Guardian - UK

Warnings of economic damage to UK as international student numbers fall by a third

University leaders accuse ministers of wanting to ‘diminish our success’ as figures show a plunge in visas issued to overseas students

The Guardian - UK

It’s not about ‘woke’ or foreign students – the truth is that UK universities are starved of cash

We need to have a frank conversation about higher education. These confected rows benefit nobody, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Is it worth going to university? We ask the experts

With a cost-of-living crisis, lecturers’ strikes and higher fees, is university still worth it? The answer from the experts is a resounding yes.

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The Independent UK

Students should prepare ‘back-up plan’ in case they miss out on university place

Vivienne Stern, chief executive of Universities UK, has advised school leavers to do some preparation ahead of A-level results day.

The Independent UK

First-generation university goers have higher average starting salary – survey

Graduates with no prior family history of going to university earned an average starting salary of £30,111, researchers found.

The Guardian - UK

No sign of deal on UK return to EU Horizon science programme

Negotiations stalling over London’s request to quit atomic research organisation and for financial rebate

The Guardian - UK

UK curbs on international student visas would be ‘act of economic self-harm’

University leaders fear billions being lost as a result of battles within government over immigration policy

The Independent UK

Dropouts ‘could rise’ as university students struggle in cost-of-living crisis

Financial challenges are facing a broader section of students than previously seen, the Universities UK chief executive said.

The Guardian - UK

Universities call for return of maintenance grants for students in England

Steve West, head of Universities UK, urges government to deliver new model of higher education funding

The Guardian - UK

UK may soon abandon £80bn Horizon Europe network, universities warn

Institutes make last-ditch appeal to EU to help save membership, as ministers plan alternatives

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