Universities are crumbling, secret database reveals
Scores of university halls of residences and lecture theatres in the UK were judged "at serious risk of major failure or breakdown" and "unfit for purpose", a secret database obtained after a legal battle by the Guardian reveals.
Hefce chief baffled but unbowed by cuts
The head of the funding council has admitted he is baffled by the £600 million of unspecified cuts to the higher education and science and research budgets, and said he had "spent a whole day" trying to figure out what it means.
Foundation degrees soar in number
The number of students signing up for foundation degree courses in England has grown by 40% in the past two years. Foundation Degree Forward (FDF), which promotes employer links with higher education, said enrolments rose 27,825 to 99,740 in the two years to 2009.
Vote for Students becomes trending topic worldwide
The NUS Vote for Students campaign this week officially became a global twitter trend, making it to number two as the most talked about twitter conversation in the world