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International Which British universities do most to boost graduate salaries? | One way to measure a university’s impact is to look at earnings data, which the government also hopes to include in future versions of the TEF. On June 13th the Department for Education released the latest wave of itsContinue Reading

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International Greater access to higher education could have reversed EU referendum result | Greater access to Higher Education could have reversed the result of the 2016 EU referendum, according to new research from the University of Leicester. The paper, published in the journal World Development, suggests that access to HigherContinue Reading

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International What ‘missing marks’ crisis says about higher education | It is fairly accurate to suggest that “missing marks” in public universities constitute something bordering on a national disaster. For any random Kenyan selected, one is either affected directly, or knows a Kenyan who is enduring or has survived, andContinue Reading

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International ‘Unfair’ student loan system must be reviewed | For an 18-year-old with limited experience of the earnings and tax system, it’s not easy to foresee the long-term effects of borrowing the average £44,000 cost of a degree. The HEC in crisis | In a shattering blow to Pakistan’s higherContinue Reading

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International Russell Group on tuition fees: students should pay, but system needs update | The UK has an enviable global reputation for its excellent higher education system and genuinely world-class universities, but that doesn’t come cheap: it needs proper funding, and it needs a funding system that is sustainable overContinue Reading