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Funny money and student visas
Will changes in the student visa system really cost the economy £3.6 billion over four years, as The Guardian, The Times, The Independent and the BBC report?
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Oxbridge in the doghouse again
The Prime Minister and his deputy have got themselves into deep water by repeating claims about the admissions policy at Oxford University.
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BBC nonsense on student loans
There is a spectacularly silly story on the BBC today.&nbs
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Do Scottish universities exclude the poor?
Scotland should do more to encourage people from poorer backgrounds to go to university, according to the National Union of Students Scotland (NUSS).
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Questionable claims on graduate pay
Reports by national newspaper education editors have suggested that the average starting salary for new graduates is £25,000 a year– or even £29,000, if you&rsquo
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Racist or meritocratic? Oxbridge maligned
David Lammy MP claims to have extracted some interesting information about the admission of black students to Oxford and Cambridge through freedom of information requests.
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Burying the bad news about SATs
The Sutton Trust has long backed the use of additional tests, such as US-style Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SATs), as a means of assessing students for university places.
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The curious case of the missing graduates
The latest figures from the OECD on graduation rates across the developed world show that, relatively, the UK’s position is deteriorating.
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Gove vs Balls: seconds out!
Statisticians have rushed hither and yon to umpire the row between Michael Gove and Ed Balls in the Commons over whether – as Mr Gove claimed – only 45 of the 80,000 children