Universities that over-recruit students may face financial penalties, ministers have warned. In the latest letter to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), Universities Secretary John Denham asked that universities “minimise a...
Wed 28 Jan 2009 by Anthea Humphreys | Read more »
The government have ordered the Student Loans Company (SLC) to launch an investigation amid growing fears that some students have submitted fraudulent applications. The announcement comes as the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS...
Tue 09 Dec 2008 by Megan Taylor | Read more »
A series of government reports have called for an overhaul of university degrees in order to make them more flexible for the current crop of students. John Denham, the skills secretary, commissioned the nine reports carried out by academic authorities...
Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Matthew Moore | Read more »
The government have outlined plans to restructure the student grants award system, resulting in a £100 million cut in spending and a cap on the number of new students in 2009. John Denham, the cabinet minister for innovation, universities and sk...
Sun 09 Nov 2008 by Matthew Moore | Read more »