Deferrals and grade inflation in 2021 means fewer offers and tighter criteria for this year’s sixth-formers Sixth-formers applying to university this year may face the toughest competition for a decade, particularly for courses such as medicine, with …
Awaiting a ‘tsunami of Covid’: UK lecturers fear students’ return
Unions are calling for compulsory masks and social distancing as the government demands face-to-face teachingCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDr Stephanie Coen, assistant professor in health geography at Nottingham University…
Elite UK universities send students out of town as housing squeeze bites
The record numbers who were awarded top A-level grades could find themselves living far from their chosen collegeTop universities are scrambling to find enough accommodation for thousands of extra students, after record numbers netted the high grades t…
UK universities open vaccination centres on campus to encourage student uptake
Institutions offer to train staff and students as volunteers in joint operation with NHS Universities are setting up their own vaccination centres in an attempt to make campuses as safe as possible for the autumn term. And with millions of students arr…