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Russell Group universities are the most successful fundraisers, report finds

Study shows the bulk of funds attained via donations and gifts is raised by UK’s leading research universities, with Oxbridge dominating the field

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/apr/30/university-fundraisers-russell-group-uk

Family connections ‘as important as money’ to help children succeed

Family connections ‘as important as money’ to help children succeed

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/family-connections-money-children-succeed-jobs-employment-work-a7157166.html

Brexit: Almost a third of international students less likely to come to the UK to study, survey finds

Head of Brexit Advisory Unit cautions: ‘The issue of being able to attract and retain talent to work and study in universities is absolutely paramount’

http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/brexit-international-students-in-the-uk-after-eu-referendum-hobsons-survey-a7161661.html

Number of disadvantaged students attending university falls for the first time

Despite rising tuition fees, a retrospective student loan hike, and the axe of the maintenance grant, Jo Johnson insists everyone in the UK ‘should be allowed to rise as far as their talents will take them’

http://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/universities-disadvantaged-students-poorer-figures-government-higher-education-a7170056.html

University grants for poorest students axed and replaced with loans

Around 500,000 of England’s poorest students are set to be saddled with more debt now that tuition fees have been increased to £9,250

http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/finances/student-maintenance-grants-loans-tories-cut-money-poorest-students-george-osborne-a7166031.html

Graduate salaries do not justify tuition fee increase unless students went to Oxbridge or are doctors, report finds

Politicians who ‘dangle the carrot’ of an average lifetime earnings premium should be ‘challenged for gross mis-selling’

http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/finances/graduate-salaries-not-justifying-tuition-fee-increases-england-oxbridge-university-intergenerational-a7166406.html

Children who know what course they want to study by age of 10 more likely to get into top universities

A UCAS survey of 16,600 students found that those with a clear idea of their ambitions from a young age were more than twice as likely to get into top universities when they were older

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/children-who-know-what-course-they-want-to-study-by-age-of-10-more-likely-to-get-into-top-a7146876.html

Pokémon Go used in classrooms to help autistic children

Australian autism expert Craig Smith has devised a way of incorporating the hit game into his lessons to encourage austic students’ social skills

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/pok-mon-go-classroom-help-autistic-children-australia-craig-smith-a7144946.html

Universities to increase tuition fees above £9,000 for current students

http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/finances/university-tuition-fees-uk-rise-9000-cost-how-much-higher-education-courses-a7148956.html

Young people are the most disengaged with education in the north of England, report finds

Report comes on the day another reveals boys are almost twice as likely as girls to have fallen behind by the time they start school

http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/Studies/young-people-are-the-most-disengaged-with-education-in-the-north-of-england-report-finds-a7142766.html