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David Willetts has been in talks with the Brazilian government to arrange a deal to welcome 10,000 fee-paying Brazilians to study in the UK. The universities minister flew to South America last month in a bid to plug the gap in university funding. The deal could see the Brazilian...

A startling new statistic has revealed the social divide within university education is more severe than previously thought. The North/South divide has been common knowledge for some time now, with the Higher Education Statistics Agency’s admission...

Competition over tuition fees has reached new heights following the announcement that private colleges will be charging just 6000 pounds as their maximum fees. There are only five private colleges with degree award winning power, one of them being the IFS School...

The government white paper on higher education plans to force universities to “name and shame” courses with a low graduate employment rate. This development is one of many involving the government’s reaction to the majority of universities...

Students are being warned against falling for the supposed benefits of student bank accounts. Money experts are saying students should begin thinking about their student bank accounts now before they arrive at university in September to ensure they make the right monetary...

Business schools are increasing their teaching of ethics and enhancing lessons to include society and government issues, it has emerged. The adaption to the course is thought to be due to the market crash of 2008 and a response to bad business practices....

A survey by Universities UK has revealed that a whopping 50% of parents do not feel they have received enough information about the new tuition fee system. In addition to this, a third of the 630 parents interviewed had little or no understanding of the reality...

I'm not sure how this can go well -- lots of people attending uni this year who aren't really sure they want to be there, but they're rushing ahead to avoid fees; then lots of people who do want to be there not having places available. And from the uni side, either...

Does the job market remain stable for the 3-5 years it takes to get a degree? If everyone followed this advice I can see us getting the bus effect -- there's a skill shortage for 5 years, then 10 candidates apply for the position at once... As to employability...

It would be interesting to see if there are differences between state and public schools. Personally, I was at public school where exams were introduced at age 12. We were drilled to do our own research and write up projects and by 6th form lessons were lecture...

surely its a good thing that people who can afford it pay more, so that those of you who can't can pay less