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How can you make going to university worth it? We ask the experts

Where to study is just as important as what – especially when it comes to finding a job

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2024

Higher-tariff universities admit 13% more UK school-leavers than 2023, figures show

Number of pupils accepted by ‘high tariff’ providers passes 100,000, after better than expected A-level results and fewer international students

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2024

British pupils more likely to get first choice university as international student numbers fall

Conservative ministers announced a crackdown on visas for overseas students after net migration soared

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2024

Tory immigration policies risk over-reliance on Chinese students, ex-universities minister warns

Exclusive: Chris Skidmore says restrictions on international students risk a funding crisis

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2024

Sunak’s student visas clampdown continues boom-and-bust pattern

Move coincides with financial difficulties for universities arising from high inflation and freezing of domestic tuition fees

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2024

‘Harsh’ post-Covid grade markdown set to hit 60,000 A-level students

Rush to push results back to pre-pandemic levels will hit England’s school leavers hard this year, say education experts

The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2023

Top universities ‘will turn away more UK students’ as fees fail to match costs

Elite Russell group says institutions will make up funds shortfall by increasing international intake

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2023

53,000 UK students enter university clearing, the most in over 10 years

Strong competition for places means many of those who dropped grades in their A-levels are missing out on preferred institutions

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2022

About 28,000 A-level students who want to go to university ‘have no offer’

Analysis by data experts finds the figure has increased from about 16,000 at this stage of admissions process in 2019

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2022

UK universities warn tuition fee crisis could mean home student cutbacks

Fears some institutions may recruit mainly international students – whose fees are not capped

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2022