David Laws and v-cs to advise new £2.5m HE foundation
UPP Foundation will seek to invest money in areas such as access and retention for students from disadvantaged backgrounds

UPP Foundation will seek to invest money in areas such as access and retention for students from disadvantaged backgrounds

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Students will be asked to sabotage the National Student Survey unless ministers pull back from reforms

High-profile critic of Prevent has attracted criticism from Jewish student societies over her comments on Israel-Palestine conflict

An idea formed in a Dublin bar could help Oxford in its ambition to act with greater ‘agility and generosity’, says principal of Lady Margaret Hall

Negative stories including collapse of Kids Company appear to be making the public more wary of major research funders

Sung-Mo Kang says the university has increased its support to international staff and students but it is still difficult to recruit from overseas

Pilot scheme at Lady Margaret Hall will accept 12 students who ‘would not normally apply or succeed in competing through conventional channels’

Although the UK does well in competitive grant funding, it loses out on EU structural funds