One way to avoid spiralling debt is to study locally, as many young people who are the target of widening access are doing. But if they are to complete their studies universities must engage with schools and parents early on, says David Baker
In the bad old days, sifting would-be students’ painstakingly tarted-up applications was done with blind personal prejudice and ignorance. In one respect, then, little has changed…
Forget the fantasies of dreaming spires and eager young minds. Gloria Monday’s academic world is one of sick buildings, indifferent students and endless bureaucracy
Reducing numbers of arts postgrads was bad enough, but the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s cuts in grants and funding are the final straw for Simon Blackburn
