Accessibility helpSkip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footer
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
Open side navigation menuOpen search bar
Financial Times
SubscribeSign InmyFT
  • Home
  • World
    Sections
    • World Home
    • Israel-Hamas war
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • War in Ukraine
    • Americas
    • Middle East & North Africa
    Most Read
    • US faces Liz Truss-style market shock as debt soars, warns watchdog
    • Search suspended for missing people in Baltimore bridge collapse
    • The Baltimore bridge disaster: what happened and who will pay?
    • JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon had White House lunch with Kamala Harris
    • Robert Kennedy Jr picks lawyer Nicole Shanahan as running mate
  • US
    Sections
    • US Home
    • US Economy
    • Investing in America
    • US Companies
    • US Politics & Policy
    • US Presidential Election 2024
    Most Read
    • Companies
      Sections
      • Companies Home
      • Energy
      • Financials
      • Health
      • Industrials
      • Media
      • Professional Services
      • Retail & Consumer
      • Tech Sector
      • Telecoms
      • Transport
      Most Read
      • Larry Fink warns retirement crisis looms for ageing world population
      • Boeing chief must have engineering background, Emirates boss says
      • Visa and Mastercard agree $30bn settlement over US transaction fees
      • China’s ‘battery king’ dismisses solid-state EV commercialisation as years away
      • NatWest slashes executive team as it prepares for mass share sale
    • Tech
    • Markets
      Sections
      • Markets Home
      • Alphaville
      • Markets Data
      • Cryptofinance
      • Capital Markets
      • Commodities
      • Currencies
      • Equities
      • Wealth Management
      • Moral Money
      • ETF Hub
      • Fund Management
      • Trading
      Most Read
      • Donald Trump has $4.6bn stake in social media group after market debut
      • Larry Fink warns retirement crisis looms for ageing world population
      • Crypto group Copper served sushi off partially clad models
      • News updates from March 26: Baltimore road bridge collapses; Trump’s social media business soars in market debut
      • Donald Trump taps superfans to make Spacs great again
    • Climate
    • Opinion
      Sections
      • Opinion Home
      • Columnists
      • The FT View
      • The Big Read
      • Lex
      • Obituaries
      • Letters
      Most Read
      • Europe’s leaders have woken up to hard power
      • Fascism has changed, but it is not dead
      • Rishi Sunak’s greatest liability is his deluded party
      • Ukraine, Gaza and the rise of identity geopolitics
      • How Republicans learnt to love bigger government
    • Work & Careers
      Sections
      • Work & Careers Home
      • Business School Rankings
      • Business Education
      • Europe's Start-Up Hubs
      • Entrepreneurship
      • Recruitment
      • Business Books
      • Business Travel
      • Working It
      Most Read
      • Workplace neurodiversity claims spur companies to seek legal help
      • The perils of speaking up at work too often deter staff from voicing concerns
      • Covid still warps our sense of time
      • Menopause support must tread a fine line between awareness and stigma
      • Can AI make CEOs more relatable?
    • Life & Arts
      Sections
      • Life & Arts Home
      • Arts
      • Books
      • Food & Drink
      • FT Magazine
      • House & Home
      • Style
      • Travel
      • FT Globetrotter
      Most Read
      • Six ways to improve your posture
      • Inside Thierry Gillier’s art-filled Left Bank home
      • Can we really live forever?
      • Liam Gallagher and John Squire gig review — boisterous, bolshie and compelling
      • Marc Jacobs — master of reinvention
    • HTSI
    MenuSearch
    • Home
    • World
    • US
    • Companies
    • Tech
    • Markets
    • Climate
    • Opinion
    • Work & Careers
    • Life & Arts
    • HTSI
    Financial Times
    SubscribeSign In

    UK universities

    Add to myFT Digest

    Add this topic to your myFT Digest for news straight to your inbox

    • Monday, 18 March, 2024
      Cambridge university halts donations from fossil fuel groups

      Institution adopts moratorium on accepting Shell and BP funds amid scrutiny of companies’ influence on academia

      Protesters holding flares and a banner at Cambridge university’s engineering department in February 2023
    • Thursday, 14 March, 2024
      Special ReportEurope’s Leading Start-up Hubs
      Turning ideas into technology: the value of university-business links

      Knowledge intensive companies can benefit from their co-location with strong academic centres

      The Great Gate, St John’s College, University of Cambridge
    • Monday, 11 March, 2024
      The best of TV and streaming this week
      Geoff Norcott interviews struggling students on Is University Really Worth It?

      The comedian paints a picture of the malaise hanging over the nation’s campuses in a new BBC documentary

      A middle-aged man in a blue coat frowns while holding a black graduate cap
    • Tuesday, 5 March, 2024
      Imperial academics worked with Chinese military-linked institutions

      Co-operation that could strengthen People’s Liberation Army has become increasingly sensitive political issue in UK

      Montage of China’s flag, Chinese miltary and Imperial College London building
    • Sunday, 3 March, 2024
      UK politics
      UK’s largest private sector pension fund cautions ministers on reform

      Head of Universities Superannuation Scheme urges the government not to engage in excessive intervention

      Carol Young
    • Tuesday, 27 February, 2024
      UK universities hit by fall in overseas students taking up postgraduate places

      Commercial data offers first broad snapshot of enrolment since government tightened migration policy

      Silhouetted rear view of university students wearing traditional gowns
    • Tuesday, 20 February, 2024
      Jo Johnson
      How to fix the international student debacle

      The government needs to retain global interest in UK universities, before it is too late

      Students on campus University of Essex
    • Thursday, 15 February, 2024
      National Health Service
      UK nursing applications fall sharply despite NHS shortages

      RCN union warns the 7% drop is ‘direct threat’ to patient safety and calls for emergency measures to boost recruitment

      Student nurses at the Royal College of Nursing
    • Monday, 12 February, 2024
      ExplainerStudent finance
      Who will bear the brunt of England’s student loan reforms?

      New research shows how policy changes will hit different groups — and lays out the cost of alternatives

      Graduates and a data chart
    • Sunday, 11 February, 2024
      Education
      Columbia University faces pressure to help impoverished students

      Elite institution’s School of General Studies has high level of financial insecurity and low aid

      The steps of the old Columbia University library
    • Thursday, 1 February, 2024
      Trade SecretsAlan Beattie
      The education exports that governments would rather ignore

      Ministers should explain the benefits and address the costs of attracting foreign students

      Students walk through the London School of Economics campus in London
    • Tuesday, 30 January, 2024
      UK immigration
      Surge in number of overseas graduates working in UK care sector

      Research reveals 6-fold increase as international students use relaxation of visa rules to stay in Britain

      University students at a graduation ceremony
    • Sunday, 21 January, 2024
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Britain’s universities are on an unsustainable path

      A drop in international students puts the UK’s academic edge at risk

      Aberystwyth University students using their laptop computers in a lecture on the campus
    • Sunday, 21 January, 2024
      Foreign students cool on British universities as funding strain worsens

      A third of higher education institutions saw a decline in overseas non-EU applications in 2023

      Students during a graduation ceremony at Loughborough University,
    • Wednesday, 17 January, 2024
      Robert Shrimsley
      Politics is failing Britain’s universities

      Both parties are in denial about the importance and the scale of the financial crisis in higher education

      Ellie Foreman-Peck illustration of a mortarboard slowly sinking, with a fish swimming away from it
    • Friday, 12 January, 2024
      UK universities risk falling into deficit as foreign student numbers fall

      Government rhetoric threatens international enrolments that help fund institutions, warns sector body

    • Thursday, 11 January, 2024
      University of York lowers bar for overseas students after ‘financial challenges’

      UK universities have become increasingly reliant on international students

      York university
    • Tuesday, 9 January, 2024
      UK government spending
      High interest rates add £10bn to cost of England’s student loan system

      Institute for Fiscal Studies study says rise in burden on government will not be captured by official measures

      Students studying
    • Thursday, 14 December, 2023
      Jo Johnson
      Protecting the graduate route is crucial for UK competitiveness

      Other countries are more generous in the fight for the globally mobile student

      Students at the London School of Economics campus
    • Wednesday, 13 December, 2023
      UK immigration
      UK’s post-study visa scheme fuels low-wage migration, experts warn

      Migration Advisory Committee report could lead to further tightening of rules for international students

      Cleaner with a mop
    • Sunday, 3 December, 2023
      Shitij Kapur
      How to tackle the UK higher education crisis

      Students, academic staff and government are stuck in a ‘triangle of sadness’ where everyone feels aggrieved

      University and College staff hold placards as they protest for a fair pay and pensions deal
    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      English universities warn sharp rise in pension costs will hit student welfare

      Former polytechnics required to increase employer contributions due to government reforms

      Manchester Metropolitan University
    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      No appetite to boost university funding leaves sector wooing more overseas students

      Non-UK tuition fees are crucial but growing numbers of undergraduates haven’t been matched by accommodation

      A member of a picket holds a placard ‘honk for higher education’ during a strike over pay and pensions by the University and College Union in London in February 2023
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      Non-EU international students at UK universities less likely to get top grades, data shows

      Analysis will add to pressure on institutions accused of placing financial concerns ahead of academic quality

      Graduates wearing mortar board hats and robes at a degree ceremony at Birmingham university
    • Friday, 27 October, 2023
      Buy-to-let
      UK tenant legislation threatens higher student rents

      Government concessions on renters reform bill leave landlords facing a higher risk of vacant periods

      A student graduation ceremony
    Previous page You are on page 1 Next page

    Useful links

    Support

    View Site TipsHelp CentreContact UsAbout UsAccessibilitymyFT TourCareers

    Legal & Privacy

    Terms & ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie PolicyManage CookiesCopyrightSlavery Statement & Policies

    Services

    Share News Tips SecurelyIndividual SubscriptionsProfessional SubscriptionsRepublishingExecutive Job SearchAdvertise with the FTFollow the FT on XFT ChannelsFT Schools

    Tools

    PortfolioFT AppFT Digital EditionFT EditAlerts HubBusiness School RankingsEnterprise ToolsNews feedNewslettersCurrency Converter

    Community & Events

    FT CommunityFT Live EventsFT ForumsFT Board NetworkBoard Director Programme

    More from the FT Group

    Markets data delayed by at least 15 minutes. © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2024. FT and ‘Financial Times’ are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd.
    The Financial Times and its journalism are subject to a self-regulation regime under the FT Editorial Code of Practice.
    Financial Times

    International Edition

    Subscribe for full access
    • Switch to UK Edition

    Top sections

    • Home
    • World
      • Israel-Hamas war
      • Global Economy
      • UK
      • US
      • China
      • Africa
      • Asia Pacific
      • Emerging Markets
      • Europe
      • War in Ukraine
      • Americas
      • Middle East & North Africa
    • US
      • US Economy
      • Investing in America
      • US Companies
      • US Politics & Policy
      • US Presidential Election 2024
    • Companies
      • Energy
      • Financials
      • Health
      • Industrials
      • Media
      • Professional Services
      • Retail & Consumer
      • Tech Sector
      • Telecoms
      • Transport
    • Tech
      • Artificial intelligence
      • Semiconductors
      • Cyber Security
      • Social Media
    • Markets
      • Alphaville
      • Markets Data
      • Cryptofinance
      • Capital Markets
      • Commodities
      • Currencies
      • Equities
      • Wealth Management
      • Moral Money
      • ETF Hub
      • Fund Management
      • Trading
    • Climate
    • Opinion
      • Columnists
      • The FT View
      • The Big Read
      • Lex
      • Obituaries
      • Letters
    • Work & Careers
      • Business School Rankings
      • Business Education
      • Europe's Start-Up Hubs
      • Entrepreneurship
      • Recruitment
      • Business Books
      • Business Travel
      • Working It
    • Life & Arts
      • Arts
      • Books
      • Food & Drink
      • FT Magazine
      • House & Home
      • Style
      • Travel
      • FT Globetrotter
    • Personal Finance
      • Property & Mortgages
      • Investments
      • Pensions
      • Tax
      • Banking & Savings
      • Advice & Comment
      • Next Act
    • HTSI
    • Special Reports

    FT recommends

    • Lex
    • Alphaville
    • Lunch with the FT
    • FT Globetrotter
    • #techAsia
    • Moral Money
    • Visual and data journalism
    • Newsletters
    • Video
    • Podcasts
    • News feed
    • FT Live Events
    • FT Forums
    • Board Director Programme
    • myFT
    • Portfolio
    • FT Digital Edition
    • Crossword
    • Our Apps
    • Help Centre
    • Subscribe
    • Sign In