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While landmark review recommended ambitious targets, early indicators suggest participation is heading in the wrong direction

Sector-wide increase in acceptance rate arrests two years of decline

Event hears that cold spots in provision must still be addressed

Social Mobility Commission says lowering entry grades for disadvantaged applicants is yet to have a ¡®noticeable impact¡¯ on inequality

Move to restrict funding for introductory programmes seen as damaging to Westminster government¡¯s access agenda

Higher education funding in the UK may still be inadequate, but cost-cutting cannot come at the expense of social mobility, says Fiona Devine

Social Market Foundation says rest of UK should follow Scotland¡¯s lead in easing uncertainty for care leavers and applicants estranged from their families

Diversity initiatives at the university ¡®not working¡¯, says union, as scholarships going to most advantaged students while diversity rates decline

Any new home undergraduate enrolling on a course at University College Birmingham will be eligible for the allowance

Faltering UK recruitment is being capitalised on by business schools in the continent 

Student aid form delays seen as deterring some students from enrolling this autumn, but modifications still seen as making things simpler for future applicants

October deadline Ucas data shows drop in university applications from UK 18-year-olds, and declining interest in medicine courses, but rising interest from China and US

UK institutions look ahead to next autumn as survey confirms devastating impact of visa restrictions

Enrolment rate for free school meal and black pupils is in reverse, according to DfE data

Universities will struggle to grow their way out of current financial crisis as predictions of 350,000 more students by 2035 now seen as unrealistic

Island¡¯s chief executive instructs universities to strengthen vetting processes as plans to attract more offshore students ramp up

New intake shrinks by 5 per cent year-on-year across the sector, with bigger declines at four-year institutions

Experts weight in on how Supreme Court¡¯s national prohibition on affirmative action has affected diversity of this year¡¯s intake

Interest from Nigeria and India falls sharply, with challenging picture set to continue across courses with January start dates

Providing a pathway from community colleges to universities, the US¡¯ credit transfer system is admired around the world for driving social mobility and offering a vital second chance for late bloomers. But opaque and complex university rules are undermining it, argue Lauren Schudde and Huriya Jabbar

Former education secretary tells World Academic Summit that UK has ¡®deprioritised¡¯ equitable access

Students in Andalusia say issues with university waiting lists caused ¡®confusion and harm¡¯

Ucas data confirms increasing use of ¡®decline my place¡¯ option, contributing in part to less-selective institutions¡¯ recruitment woes

The president of McMaster University discusses the importance of nuclear power, dealing with a sexual misconduct scandal and limits on student recruitment

Jo Saxton says priority should be making clearing work better, not redrawing UK university admissions entirely

Undergraduate enrolment found to dip noticeably at institutions associated with teams dropping out of English football¡¯s top tier

A merit-based admissions lottery and strict caps on how many private school pupils go to Russell Group universities are necessary for a more egalitarian society, argue Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman

Radical proposal to overhaul admissions to the UK's research-intensive universities would tackle ¡®elite formation¡¯, say LSE and Oxford professors

Scientists argue disciplines need their own ways of thinking about student belonging to reach diversity goals

Academics question why some universities should be pushed to the wall while others swell their intake

Record number of students win places having applied after main sector deadlines

Rise in students going directly into clearing helps keep overall admissions numbers steady

Covid-era expansion showed highly selective universities that they could manage growth, says admissions head

Number of places confirmed by high-tariff institutions as A-level results announced spikes

A-level results day celebrations belie a vicious spiral of demand for degrees that damages students and society, says Paul Wiltshire 

More sixth-formers choosing to study only STEM or social science subjects, squeezing university arts and humanities departments even harder

Campaign aims to address stalling university enrolments despite record interest in subject at A level

Surge in students using ¡®decline my place¡¯ function ahead of A-level results day flagged by chief executive Jo Saxton

More Scottish students given places at university or college, with small uptick in international undergraduates

Future financial health of UK institutions reliant on increasing student numbers after Labour rebuffs funding requests

The party behind the UK¡¯s 50 per cent target is back in power but, while it still pledges commitment to equality of opportunity, it¡¯s not clear what role ¨C if any ¨C universities will play in achieving this mission

Applications now down 1.6 per cent year-on-year, with bigger drop among international applicants

Survey finds widening gap between hopes and expectations of students from richest and poorest backgrounds

Rising number of applicants from abroad secure visas but don¡¯t show up at campuses

The sea change in ministers¡¯ educational backgrounds should prompt more action to get poorer students into selective universities, says Jon Datta

Ease of entry encourages access, and most universities have enough places to guarantee entry without requiring personal statements, says Tim Leunig

Cost of living blamed as ¡®placeholder¡¯ applicants fail to enrol after results day

Universities haemorrhage money as students face months-long waits

Students from disadvantaged backgrounds will be treated little differently from their privileged cousins, critics say

Education ministry steps in after competitive university entrance exam cancelled

Anonymisation or even quotas could level the playing field, but fragmentation of college processes threatens a reversal in decades of gains, says Alan Baker

As Australia mulls ¡®hard¡¯ caps on domestic as well as international students, expert warns of unintended consequences

Research suggests women particularly benefit from schemes that guarantee admission to highest-achieving school leavers

Figures also showed record 50.1 per cent of postgraduate students for the 2023 admissions cycle were from outside the European Union

First drop in proportion of admissions coming from maintained schools since 2014

Population of students who have studied at college but not gained a degree grew by 2.9 per cent to 36.8 million, report finds

The colleges need to remember their medieval origins and act with greater shared purpose, says Simon Ravenscroft

Late responses to PhD applicant enquiries and lack of signposting might contribute to poor ethnic minority representation at doctoral level, researchers say

Higher education growth shifts east, but there are markedly different trends across Asia

Admissions service announces series of initiatives to encourage students from low-income families to apply for higher education