Elite universities slow to increase state school entrants ratio
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Media & professional: Few institutions pass admission benchmarks, but Russell Group blames low achievement at school.
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The BBC's Mike Baker looks at universities' race to recruit students from Thailand.
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Almost a fifth of England's state secondary schools do not meet the government's GCSE target but things are improving.
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Disadvantaged children lagging a full year behind before they start school.
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Britain's higher education system is expanding less rapidly than that of many of its economic competitors, a report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development warns.
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Unofficial league tables are increasingly influencing university choices, suggests research.
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Britain's performance in a league table of universities has improved, but the US still dominates.
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Four months into the school year, some themes are working better than others, but at even the best-run schools, the future remains unclear.
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Wanting to maintain a role as engines of social mobility, about two dozen elite schools have pushed in the past few years to diversify economically.
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A few universities might offer cut-price courses in an effort to woo students, it has emerged.
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Competition is tougher than ever this year to get into the freshman class at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. The admissions office received close to 10,000 applications for just 2,400 slots.
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Grammar schools were more successful than independent schools in England in getting pupils into university.
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Decisions by Harvard, Yale and other elite schools to make college more affordable to a larger pool of applicants might have the unintended consequence of harming less wealthy institutions and the students who attend them, some educators and financial aid experts say.
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One school in England sticks out a mile for the number of qualifications points achieved by its students.
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Secondary schools in England and Wales find it easier to recruit heads - but primaries still struggle.
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Universities say choosing 'soft' subjects at A-level can narrow a student's chances of getting on a top course.
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Almost a fifth of England's state secondary schools do not meet GCSE targets but things are improving.