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High court to consider whether universities owe students legal duty of care

The Guardian Higher Education

Campaigners say move would save lives and bring England and Wales in line with other countries The high court is to consider for the first time whether universities owe a legal duty of care to their students, which campaigners argue would save lives and bring England and Wales in line with other countries.

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Ministers and unions dig in amid widespread strike action across UK

The Guardian Higher Education

Little prospect of breakthrough as strikes hit schools, trains, universities and border checks across country School and train strikes – latest news updates UK politics live – latest news updates Unions and the government appeared as far apart as ever, after Wednesday’s widespread strike action closed thousands of schools across England and Wales.

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Record number of UK school leavers gain university places through clearing

The Guardian Higher Education

The Ucas admissions service said 10,400 UK school leavers had been admitted through its clearing service by Friday, the day after A-level results were published in England, Wales and Northern Ireland – a sharp increase on the 6,600 placed at the same point last year. Continue reading.

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Interest rate changes could challenge universities, student loans and post 16 and vocational education

SRHE

by Sir Adrian Webb The publication on 13 September 2023 of the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee report on the Office for Students drew attention to the financial challenges facing universities in the UK and to the challenges associated with regulating and overseeing these risks.

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What is the Russell Group of UK Universities?

Study and Go Abroad

Have you thought about studying abroad in the UK? The UK is a popular study abroad destination for students because you can explore the world while you earn a degree. A bonus of UK degrees is most are typically shorter than ones in Canada. The Russell Group is an association of 24 self-selected universities located in the UK.

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Deprivation data: Introducing a new UK-wide area-based measure

SRHE

Naturally, one of the questions being increasingly asked of the UK higher education sector is how it is helping to resolve some of the latter issues. Each nation of the UK, however, adopts a different approach in generating its index from the Indices of Deprivation. Comparability is also an important aspect of high-quality statistics.

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Moving with the times: The growing need for better graduate mobility data

SRHE

Given the state of the UK economy and the role mobility may have on individuals and growth, this is a topic that will remain salient in forthcoming years. One of the limitations of using such an aggregated level of geography, however, is that Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are all classified as individual regions.