More students apply to university
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The number of students who applied for UK university courses in the autumn is up 5%, figures are expected to show.
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A young person's life prospects improve dramatically by getting a college education, but the country's schools have room for only one in six applicants
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More people want to be students in the UK this year - with a 78.8% increase among the new EU states.
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New figures on university endowments confirm it's not just the "haves" and "have nots" in academe these days. Beyond the great majority of colleges, there's a growing group of the newly rich schools, and Â at the top of the heap Â a tiny cadre of ultra-wealthy institutions.
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Government exceeds target of increasing the number of pupils achieving at least five A* to C grades in their GCSEs.
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More patients must allow medical students to provide care, to safeguard doctors' training, researchers say.
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More people have signed up to train as teachers in England than at any time since 1975, figures show.
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With her first child headed for college this fall and two more soon to follow, Carol Wright was lost. Campus tours, applications, financial aid forms, transcripts, SAT scores, class planning &#151; and that was just the beginning.
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The key to widening access to university is to persuade more teenagers to stay on, university leaders say.
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University students spend nearly Â£1bn a year on alcohol, according to a survey.
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University students are more demanding of academic staff than previous generations, lecturers say.
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The number of students applying for UK universities rises 6%, despite the new top-up fees in England.
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The UK is being overtaken by international competitors in the drive for more graduates, shows an annual report.
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Universities want to encourage more overseas students - who pay full fees - to the UK, a report says.
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By Holly K. Hacker, The Dallas Morning News  Dec. 14--The University of Texas at Dallas said Wednesday that more people may be affected by a computer attack than first believed, raising the total to 6,000 current and former students, faculty, staff and others.
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Flood of applications, financial aid changes have roiled admissions process for students and colleges.
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Universities and businesses need more information to select the best candidates, the government has admitted.