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Headteacher warns that institutions will otherwise be forced to choose between students with ‘ragtag mixed bag’ of qualifications

In a É«ºÐÖ±²¥ interview, the government’s social mobility adviser and Lancaster chancellor also criticises Jeremy Corbyn fees policy

About half of poorer students would have applied to university differently without a grant, Sodexo research also suggests

Although many students praise aspects of their university experience, the majority are still unhappy about what they get in return for fees

Universities should collaborate to make best use of data on students' backgrounds, says Joshua Oware

Students need to apply numerical and statistical methods to real-world contexts, says Rita Gardner

Institutions have little evidence that their widening participation activities deliver, but they are working to change that, finds Chris Havergal

Government considering regulation that would further hamper enrolment of international students, sector leaders fear

The odds on acceptance for pupils from comprehensives should force us to tackle interview bias and adopt quotas, says Anthony Costello

No more than 75 per cent of a discipline’s students should be of the same gender, says funding council

Jem Bloomfield doesn’t recognise the picture of a higher education system that panders to female students and glories in marginalising their male peers

Figures suggest Oxford and Cambridge among seven Russell Group institutions with lower proportion of poorer students compared with 10 years ago

Acceptances nearly doubled for some universities, halved for others, since number controls eased in 2012

Admissions service says it is in talks to widen availability of its records

Why are researchers preoccupied with 'lad culture' when the under-representation of men among students is the real problem, asks Joanna Williams

High dropout rate among black students also targeted in new guidance to Offa

Former University of York chancellor says leading universities should lower entry requirements for students from poor backgrounds

Interviews with MA students in UK suggest that although few agree with Chinese government line, compulsory courses dull development of independent thought

Does the fall in UK applicants revealed this week spell trouble for universities, asks Jack Grove

David Cameron’s plans on university admissions data will combat inequality only if they force top universities to publish more detailed data, which take into account variables such as BME students’ A-level scores and course choices, says Kurien Parel

Jo Johnson becomes latest high-profile figure to take aim at elite over their access record

January deadline figures also show slight fall in overall UK applicant numbers

As EU referendum looms, institutions step up recruitment following scrapping of student number controls

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press

More can be done in the UK to encourage study abroad, but the anglophone world may continue to attract the lion’s share, says David Willetts

A rapidly changing higher education sector is urged to ask who benefits from reforms

Fears that the changes could favour applicants from wealthy backgrounds who can afford to be coached

The prime minister's suggestion that top universities are at fault for their low admission of BME students is not borne out by the evidence, says Athene Donald

White students are over-represented compared with young UK population, but there is huge variation for other groups

Inequality takes root long before students apply to higher education, says Oxford

Sutton Trust study finds teachers’ perceptions of what makes a good Ucas application are very different to views of admissions tutors

Analysis of first Ucas figures after scrapping of student number controls reveals the ups and downs in recruitment as government aims for ‘rapid market share shifts’

Admissions service says institutions should do more to accommodate growing numbers of students from a vocational background

Former Lib Dem leader says maintenance grants were 'hidden reason' why disadvantaged students not put off by higher fees

Ucas analysis suggests progress in reducing gap between most and least disadvantaged students has ground to a halt

After fears that Chinese students are absorbing ‘Western values’, city authorities attempt to stymie pathway courses to foreign universities

Pupils in isolated areas miss out as collaborative spirit of Aimhigher era fades, says study

The most popular higher education articles of the year, based on website traffic

The former Guardian editor-in-chief sits in on the Oxford admissions process

Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission says targets set to be missed on access so more action needed

Sutton Trust urges higher education institutions to devote 10 per cent of outreach budgets to evaluating effectiveness

Ucas end of cycle analysis finds proportion of students entering highly selective universities with top grades is falling

Cambridge Assessment study finds independent sector pupils up to four times more likely to achieve at least one top grade

Fair access tsar warns ‘top-down meddling’ would be a ‘costly, bureaucratic exercise’

Donna Bowater looks at the single entry exam that governs access to university in South American powerhouse

UCU’s nine-point checklist aims to make admissions fairer

Higher education expert who died in February asks in paper what might replace strengths of the polytechnic system

Higher education Green Paper says director of fair access to higher education could be given power to set entry goals for universities

Roxanne Stockwell calls on universities to rethink their admissions criteria

Simon Gaskell says Queen Mary University of London would be ‘crucified’ on graduate salary score because of diverse intake

New vice-chancellor Hugh Brady hopes innovation programmes will spur graduates to become social and business entrepreneurs

Report finds poorest Chinese pupils more likely to enrol than richest white peers

University of Cambridge’s examinations arm finds independent school-leavers at Russell Group institutions are a third less likely to get a good degree than state school students with similar A-level results

More BME staff have been entering the UK academy but they remain under-represented at the top. What is being done about it?

‘Transposition error’ meant funding council wrongly stated that state school leavers were more likely than private peers to get a good degree

Funding, staffing and alternative providers among issues to be considered as part of £5 million initiative

Oxford and Cambridge report increase in applications, as number of students reapplying falls sharply

Robert Putnam says bursaries are only part of the solution to widening participation in the US

University Campus Suffolk researchers find ‘natural progression’ into higher education is not found at every institution

Consumer watchdog Which? ‘disappointed’ after surveying 50 institutions’ websites