HEFCE has published a new interactive data toolkit based on local higher education profiles. The new data tool looks at the pattern of higher education (HE) at both Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and regional level. It includes data on student numbers and characteristics, graduate employment, and higher education's interaction with business and the community. Read More

Universities risk preserving powerful knowledge for social elites by teaching “truncated and limited” courses that attract students from poorer backgrounds, it has been warned. Read More

University graduates earn an average of £9,000 more per year than non-graduates but the gap is narrowing, official statistics show. Read More

Young people are being put off higher education due to the perceived cost, concerns about their future job prospects and poor advice. Those are among the findings drawn out by the University and College Union from a survey it commissioned on young people’s perceptions of post-18 training and education. Read More

The most able pupils in English state schools need more help to reach their potential, says an education charity. Too many bright 11-year-olds fail to maintain their early advantage or progress to higher education, says the Sutton Trust. Read More

The introduction of new maths AS and A-levels will be delayed by a year until September 2017, the government says. The move follows fears students would struggle to bridge the gap between the current GCSE and the new A-levels. Read More

Much less than a lifetime ago, education was the gateway to rare and scarce information. Now, we are swamped by digital data, says Martin Hall. Read more

Record levels of graduates with a first-class degree are training to teach, official figures reveal today (27 November 2014). The annual initial teacher training (ITT) census shows that 1 in 6 teacher trainees (17%) starting this academic year now holds a first-class degree, the highest proportion ever recorded, with over two-thirds (73%) holding a 2:1 or better. Read More

Unveiling his vision for the creation of a “Northern powerhouse” earlier this year, George Osborne called on universities to “rise to the challenge” of rebalancing the UK’s economy away from London. Read More

'Does higher education offer students value for money?’ This is one of the key questions behind the latest report on higher education from the consumer group Which?. The report – ‘A Degree of Value’ – calls for reform on a number of fronts: better information and advice for students, improved complaints procedures and other consumer protections, and changes to the regulatory system. Read More