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Graduate unemployment doubles in five years
New figures from HESA reveal rising graduate unemployment on the same day as Department of Education stats show an increase in numbers of 16-18 year old NEETs.
Subject choice plummets across the UK as the government fails universities
Sally Hunt shows the extent to which subject choice has shrunk in the UK as a result of government policy and rhetoric on HE.
The shocking effect of Gove’s EMA axe: Youngsters skipping food to get to college
Young people are having to choose whether to eat or travel to college thanks to the government’s “disastrous” decision to axe education maintenance allowance.
University applications down nine per cent, more for mature students
Sally Hunt examines UCAS's latest round of figures for university applications, and asks what they mean for the future of British higher education
Victory as Willetts cans for-profit universities, but vigilance is still needed
Sally Hunt welcomes the news that the government is dropping plans to support for-profit universities, but cautions against celebrating too much too soon.
Government funding of university research at lowest proportion since 1900s
Annual public spending on university teaching and research in England will fall to its lowest proportion in over a century.