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Most top universities now give preferential treatment to pupils from poorly performing comprehensive schools, according to a recent report.

Thousands of university applicants have missed out on a place this year because of their poor application strategies, says UCAS. Many young people narrowed their chances by picking an insurance institution that required the s... More

A I5-year-old maths prodigy, Arran Fernandez, starts at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge in October. He will be the youngest undergraduate admitted to Cambridge University since William Pitt the younger at 14, in 1773.

Professor Steve Smith, who is Vice-Chancellor of Exeter University and the current President of Universities UK, wants top universities to be allowed to charge higher tuition fees. In advance of Lord Browne's inquiry int... More

Last year millions of lucky graduates who took out a student loan after 1998 enjoyed interest-free student loans. Today, owing to the way these rates are calculated, these graduates will start paying interest on their student... More

University acceptances are already up by over 2% on last year - a UK record according to UCAS. 379,410 applicants were accepted by universities and colleges compared to 371,015 on results day last year. Clearing figures are n... More

One quarter of this year's UCAS applicants for undergraduate courses have yet to be accepted by any university. 182,000 UCAS applicants were eligible for Clearing.

Tens of thousands of students starting at university this term could find that they have not been paid all their student loan if they applied after the June deadline. The Student Loans Company (SLC) guarantees that those who... More

Some teachers and careers advisers think top universities have a secret blacklist of unwelcome A-level subjects. So far as the Russsell Group of elite universities is concerned, this is nonsense. Wendy Piatt, director general... More