8 h. ago Universities running 'Mickey Mouse' courses face limits on student numbers in new crackdown

Institutions offering low-quality teaching and poor student outcomes will be penalised with caps on how many they can recruit.

Politics

4 d. ago Student fraud: Lord Hanson and NatWest launch crackdown on scammers targeting undergraduates

At the start of the new academic year in universities, the Minister for Fraud, Lord Hanson, writes exclusively for National World about the rise of fraud targeted at students.

Events

1 week ago Disney is increasing prices at all its parks. Here are the new rates to visit Mickey Mouse

Starting after October 2026, Disney World single-day tickets will average $5 more, as annual pass prices will also increase

Politics

2 w. ago International students left in limbo by UCL after university exceeds visa allocations

Hundreds of students accepted on courses facing costs and even deportation after being told to defer studies until 2026Hundreds of international students accepted on courses by University College London have been left in limbo and facing thousands of pounds in costs, after the university admitted it had run out of places just days before many were due to start.About 200 students from China alone have been affected after UCL exceeded its visa allocations for the coming academic year, with the university initially telling the students that they would have to defer their studies until 2026. Continue reading...

Society

3 w. ago Student visas crackdown and new levies to cause ‘£1.8bn loss’ to UK economy – with London hit hardest

The Government has proposed a 6 per cent tax on international student tuition fees and a reduction in graduate visas

Economics

3 w. ago Government payments of up to £1,200 available through little

Help to Save is a savings account run by the Government for people claiming Universal Credit

Economics

3 w. ago I was elected mayor of Istanbul, but I write this from jail: Turkish democracy is under grave threat | Ekrem Imamoğlu

If our nation slides deeper into autocracy, the consequences will reverberate far beyond Turkey’s bordersLast year, I was reelected mayor of Istanbul with 51% of the vote. It was the second time I had defeated the government-backed candidate. The first was in 2019 when the mayoral elections were annulled on flimsy pretexts; voters returned to the polls and handed us a victory by an even larger margin.But this year, democracy in Turkey has entered its most perilous phase. The process started in March on the eve of my nomination as the presidential candidate of the CHP, the century-old Republican People’s party. This was when my university degree was abruptly annulled. Why is this relevant? Because, under the Turkish constitution, one must have a university degree to be able to run for president. Soon after, I was accused of corruption and “aiding a terrorist organisation”. For six months, I have been behind bars, arrested on politically motivated corruption charges based on “anonymou...

Events

4 w. ago Wowcher’s Disneyland Paris Christmas family holiday deal can save you up to 33% on your festive break

Take the kids to meet Mickey and Minnie Mouse this Christmas for a fraction of the cost.

Economics

4 w. ago Look to Myanmar for a vision of a world where authoritarians have unfettered power | Simon Tisdall

The brutality and repression there highlight the failings of a dysfunctional world order. Unless we do better, this is the futureThe children were sleeping when death came from the air. A military warplane dropped two 500lb (230kg) bombs on their boarding school, witnesses said. Imagine, if you can, the carnage and the horror. At least 18 died. Others suffered life-changing injuries. The ruling regime claims to be fighting terrorists. Yet more often than not, it is defenceless, blameless civilians who are killed, maimed and displaced. No, this isn’t Gaza. It isn’t Ukraine. It’s Myanmar, where appalling atrocities, including crimes against humanity, often go unreported and unpunished. That doesn’t render them any less heinous or less deserving of universal condemnation.Myanmar, formerly British-run colonial Burma, where civil war has raged since an army coup overthrew the elected government in 2021, is a microcosm of today’s fractured world. National leaders gathering at the UN gener...

Culture