The Latest Breaking News from Ucas

Cutting degrees to pay for more apprenticeships is plain barmy – just look at the facts and ask yourself who this is aimed at, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

From contextual offers to outreach programmes, a growing number of schemes are making higher education more accessible to students from disadvantaged backgrounds. We’ve got the lowdown

Ucas has published its application data for courses with an early October deadline.

The report said the highest rents and increases are in cities with an undersupply of accommodation.

The price of buying college or university text books has gone up by 80 per cent in the past decade

The current government intends to keep A-levels while also continuing to support and expand T Levels

A record number of British 18-year-olds have secured a higher education place using clearing, figures show.

This year, for the first time, two thirds of first-year students intend to find part-time jobs to augment maintenance loans that barely cover rent, let alone food or travel to campus, says Ucas. Some universities, including Anglia Ruskin’s London campuses, are moving to three-day weeks to facilitate part-time work.

Labour says second year-on-year decline in a row is ‘incredibly concerning’ for future of the NHS