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December 2025

  • Lochlann O'Higgins, 24 and Alice Moira, 81. All Ages feature. Habinteg, London N17. Photograph by David Levene 10/11/25

    ‘You just feel so light!’: two wheelchair users – one 81, one 25 – on welfare cuts, housing and the joy of swimming

    Technology has improved since the 50s and in the last five or six years especially, there has been a lot of progress. But the world is still too often designed without wheelchair users in mind

October 2024

  • A freshers' week at the University of Manchester

    Alarm at first fall in disadvantaged students in England reaching university

    Proportion of students eligible for free school meals at 15 who progress to higher education falls from 29.2% to 29%

October 2023

  • Jessica Neate, Bassam al-Meshal and Nargis Ahmadi

    ‘I didn’t think I’d get an interview’: students start first Oxford-wide foundation year

    Astrophoria programme aims to help students from disadvantaged backgrounds fulfil their potential

July 2023

  • Graduates wearing mortar boards wait to be photographed after a degree ceremony

    Sunak ‘attacking people’s aspirations’ with universities policy, Labour says

    PM to announce proposals limiting number of enrolments on ‘low value’ degree courses in England

March 2023

  • Adrian Chiles

    The Adrian Chiles column
    I’ve found my dream job. And it’s all thanks to that nasty fall into the wild garlic

    Adrian Chiles
    Nothing could be more fulfilling than making the countryside safe for walkers. No one should have to risk their neck on a rickety stile, writes Guardian columnist Adrian Chiles

November 2021

  • Students at a graduation ceremony

    UK universities told to show ambition in graduate job targets

  • Trinity College, Cambridge.

    England’s most prestigious universities failing to boost social mobility, IFS finds

January 2021

  • A woman is seen using a laptop on a dining room table set up as a remote office to work from home.

    'Digital poverty' could lead to lost generation of university students, vice-chancellors say

    Higher education bodies write to Gavin Williamson saying little has been done to help disadvantaged students access remote learning

July 2020

  • Students at Aston University.

    Proportion of black school leavers going to university in England falls

  • Michelle Donelan

    Minister lambasts English universities for letting down students

February 2020

  • A poll of 1,500 recent higher education applicants found fewer than two-thirds said the current system works well.

    UK universities face pressure to reform admissions process

  • Oxford Brookes University

    Oxford Brookes doing worse than University of Oxford on state school admissions

January 2020

  • Students at the Radcliffe Camera, Oxford city centre.

    How we gave Oxford University applicants a level playing field

    Marchella Ward
    After years of criticism for low intake of ethnic minority and state school students, the university has achieved a dramatic turnaround

December 2019

  • Arlan Hamilton

    US entrepreneur sets up Oxford scholarship for black UK students

    Arlan Hamilton grant to cover costs for undergraduates from disadvantaged backgrounds

August 2019

  • Many students have learned that university admission is a buyers’ market.

    Yes, university admissions need an overhaul – but it's easier said than done

    Chris Husbands
  • Emma Dobson, 22, is a final-year psychology and sociology undergraduate at Brunel.

    Clearing 2019
    ‘Your disability isn’t a barrier’: what it's like to go to uni as a disabled person

July 2019

  • The University of St Andrews

    Scotland’s universities to offer guaranteed places to care leavers

    Policy aims to enable more students who are or have been in care to go to university

May 2019

  • Sasha Mistlin

    Blogging students
    Want black students to feel at home? Don't ignore the little things

    Sasha Mistlin
    The food in halls or number of local afro hairdressers may sound trivial, but small details shape the student experience

March 2019

  • Female student studying in library.

    Universities must do more for black students, warns watchdog

  • Student holding coffee cup and using computer.

    Tips for students
    Not sure about university? Remember there's no rush

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