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 It would be totally out-of-date if applied to the recruitment of university graduates in the 21st century.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.

An MBA could prep are you for your toughest challenge

MBA Student of the Year highlights role of soft skills, says Russ Thorne

To Politeia, the right-of-centre think-tank, for a talk on the future of universities by Lord (Martin) Rees, one of the UK's foremost scientists and former master of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Every student will be given a school-style report alongside their degrees under a shake-up of the higher education system unveiled by vice-chancellors today.

The Open University has the highest student satisfaction rating of all universities in Britain according to new rankings.

Graduates can benefit from staying in higher education, says Paul Dinsdale

London Metropolitan University has won the right to bring a judicial review over the dispute about visas for overseas students.