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Universities see surge in applications
Another big jump in applications for some of Britain’s top universities and courses – with an even bigger surge in interest from overseas students over last year – was revealed by the first figures for university entry for next year
Regulator rules against diploma advert
The advertising watchdog has branded as untruthful a government advert claiming a new diploma qualification ‘can get you into university’
University anger at forecast of less funding
Academics fear for independence as business secretary tells colleges to increase reliance on business and individual donors
London GCSE results improve
Nine of the 10 English local authorities that saw the greatest increase in GCSE attainment since 1998 are London boroughs, with the phenomenon being most pronounced in Kensington and Chelsea
Call for schooling to begin at six
Children should begin formal schooling a year later to avoid being ‘alienated’ permanently from education, according to the leaders of one of the biggest reviews of English primary schooling in a generation
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