The small rise in the A-level pass rate this year is not, for once, the main story of these results. For despite the rise, there are signs that moves to guarantee standards are at last taking effect... more
And so arrives the least surprising news since we learned that tabloid journalists used questionable tactics to find stories: more than a third of universities will charge fees of £9,000 a year from next autumn... more
Universities are far more numerous than they were a generation ago, far more people attend them and have to borrow a great deal of money - up to £9,000 a year - for the privilege... more
Students from the School for African and Oriental Studies stormed a university building and demonstrated outside a police station in protest against David Willetts speaking on their campus... more
Labour urge universities minister David Willetts to disclose if the Government plans further cuts to student numbers or higher education funding if institutions charge close to £9,000 in fees next year
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Tens of thousands of students could miss out on a place at university after record numbers applied to start courses before tuition fees increase, figures show... more
Children of troops killed in Afghanistan and Iraq are to be given a free university education under a new £2 million 'help for heroes' plan unveiled today... more
Thousands of students are being forced to consider paying huge tuition fees to attend private universities because state-funded courses are full... more
People assume that were we not texting, tweeting and Facebooking, we’d all have heartfelt chats. And in a place like London, that’s just fanciful... more
Universities Minister David Willetts enraged students and lecturers as he signalled that university tuition fees could rise in a radical shake-up of higher education... more
David “Two Brains” Willetts' commercial career has been somewhat less than stellar, while Francis Maude may be embarrassed by his entrepreneurial efforts... more
Book Review: Willetts's "Two Brains" tag has always carried the sense of being "too clever by half", of never having acquired the instinctive political skills needed in the Westminster bear pit ... more
Not a homeowner and over 40? You might as well be drinking White Lightning while lying in a ditch for all the respect you would get at a middle-class, middle-aged dinner party... more
The building of London's Olympics venues will face a skills shortage because too few Londoners were being trained as builders, the Tories claim... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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