All universities should be able to offer unconditional offers, but at the same time in doing so they should exercise a duty of care to the interests of the prospective student, writes Matt Warman

Toby Young has stepped down as the head of a charity supporting free schools, blaming a media storm earlier this year around controversial comments he tweeted.

After a long haul quizzing a ‘Truckers Tax’, and ploughing through UK poverty stats, government gets its just deserts as Lord Bassam’s free school meals motion passes

The Government will today announce a £26m fund for school breakfast clubs across the country.

A leading academic has predicted that the cost of Britain’s top degrees will soar to £120,000 within the next ten years. 

The current higher education funding model will become unsustainable as hundreds of thousands of new university places will be needed by 2030, experts have said.

Sam Gyimah has wasted no time in engaging with students since being appointed Universities Minister. But with Jeremy Corbyn the ‘only game on campus’ at the election, is it too little, too late for the Conservative party? He talks to Sebastian Whale

Degrees will be rated gold, silver or bronze under a Government scheme that will leave universities “no place to hide” on the quality of their courses, it has been announced.

Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner has secured debates on Government plans to cut free school meals and childcare vouchers in a bid to block them.

With the government struggling to make the numbers needed to hit its pledge to create 3 million apprenticeships by 2020, a new guide by the Association for Project Management to support apprenticeship conversations might be the answer. 

During the review of post-18 education and funding, a sustained and strong response from the higher education sector is needed to communicate to government, parliament, and the public that systemic change is here to stay, says Dods Political Consultant Thomas Scarff.

Labour have called for the head of minister Jo Johnson after a report questioning his role in the appointment of Toby Young to a government role.

Universities should compensate students hit by industrial action by lecturers, the minister in charge of higher education has said. 

Lib Dem leader Vince Cable has called on the government to support lecturers’ pensions and bring and end to their ongoing strike.

Workers would be hit with a major tax hike to pay for Labour's plan to scrap tuition fees, Theresa May has said. 

Theresa May will today highlight the eye-watering cost of university as she calls for better value for money for students.

Justine Greening has warned ministers that proposals to make some degrees cheaper than others could see poorer students miss out on courses they want to study.

Education Secretary Damian Hinds today left the door open to an embarrassing Conservative U-turn on student maintenance grants.

All new schools will have sprinkler systems installed as part of a multibillion pound package Labour have promised to bring school buildings up to standard.

Damian Hinds has dropped the biggest hint yet that the cost of arts and social science degrees are set to be slashed.

An influential group of MPs has urged the Government to reconsider charging high interest rates on student loans. 

Tuition fees and interest rates on student loan repayments could be cut under a major Government review, it has emerged.

The Education Secretary will signal a return to more traditional schooling by announcing that all primary school children will have tests on their times tables.

The Universities Minister has promised to "stand up and act" against what he claimed was a "creeping culture of censorship" at British universities.