Access and dropout rates improve but elite still face participation hurdles, writes Rebecca Attwood

More than 1,000 people have signed a petition calling for philosophy to be saved at the University of Greenwich.

Some pharmacy students are getting less than half as much contact time as their peers at other UK universities, according to new figures.

The Quality Assurance Agency has launched a full investigation into the impact of course closures on students at the London College of Communication.

Thousands of students at private colleges are already accessing public student loans, according to data obtained by Times 黑料吃瓜网.

University disappointed at QAA's judgement of 'limited confidence'. Rebecca Attwood reports

Two executives who were separately involved in two of the highest-profile university management disputes in recent years have joined London Metropolitan University.

Universities that miss their targets on recruiting students from poor backgrounds will not be hit by sanctions, according to detailed guidance from the access watchdog today.

Government plans to open up degree-awarding powers to organisations that do not teach have been described as "revolutionary".

Two experts on higher education law have warned that ministers' latest guidance to the access watchdog treads dangerously closely to interfering in a key area of academic freedom.

To keep prices down, loans will be extended to private-sector students and caps on places will be loosened, but minister wants more time to prepare White Paper