Some experiences that you notch up as a student you just can't beat.

Ucas data shows fewer than three in 10 white 18-year-olds have applied to start degree courses this autumn

'Sex has puzzled biologists ever since it was discovered by Darwin and Mendel,' apparently. Here are some of this year's funniest exam bloopers

Interesting to look at the employment records of our leading universities, as published by the Higher Education statistics Agency last week. It's not the usual suspects that are in the top spots for getting their graduates into a job or further study. However, it may not be that surprising that some of the specialist higher education institutions do best.

Why offer students just one subject when studying two can give help kick-start their careers. Richard Garner finds out how Keele's founding principles are coming into their own

Men can expect a massive pay boost during the lifetime if they get a first class honours degree from university - but women won’t earn an extra penny.

Spare a thought for Professor Jonathan Clark, professor of British history at the University of Kansas and one of three eminent panellists debating the proposed new history curriculum at a seminar organised by the right-of-centre thinktank Politeia last week.

Emily Jupp checks in to find out more.

More than 100,000 of the brightest A-level students will see their chances of going to some of the country's most selective universities rise this summer.

As Warwick targets a London campus, Mark Leftly looks at how British MBAs are attracting students across the world

Richard Garner finds out what it is doing right

"Well done, Carruthers. First at Oxford, eh? Just the ticket! When can you start?" This pastiche of recruitment practices in the 1950s and 1960s is only partly apocryphal. (There weren't too many people called Carruthers even then in the higher echelons of the civil service.) It would be totally out-of-date if applied to the recruitment of university graduates in the 21st century.

Applications dropped after the rise in tuition fees last year. But there's still plenty to lure students into higher education, says the universities minister.

The scheme links students with host British families.

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