The number of people applying to university has risen by 3.5 per cent, but has failed to bounce back to pre-?9,000 tuition fee levels, new figures show.
Post-study employment changes and a shrinking ¡®expat premium¡¯ prompt second thoughts about value of overseas study. Joanna Sugden reports from New Delhi
The UK higher education sector has concluded that an insurance scheme to guarantee international students a fees refund or alternative places should their course or university close down is ¡°essential¡±.
Selective universities could be granted extra student numbers to allow them to admit disadvantaged applicants with potential but without the highest grades.
Theresa May, the home secretary, has been accused by a vice-chancellor of acting ¡°like a Dalek¡± and of ¡°casting a dark cloud over British higher education¡± in her refusal to change course on student visas.
Taxpayer-backed funding for students at private colleges rose by 138 per cent to ?100 million last year, with a private equity-owned institution that did not meet all quality standards accounting for more than a fifth of that total.
A Tory MP has warned that there is opposition on his party¡¯s front bench to Les Ebdon, following criticism of his comments on the ¡°snobbery¡± surrounding university education.
