Why I turned down Oxford for Yale

By Helen Price. UK students are choosing to escape tuition fees by making the most of scholarships in the US.
Tips on how to study abroad
This month first year students will be starting univerisity in the UK. A growing number, however, are choosing to steer clear of Ucas altogether, by studying in the US instead. You might think that studying abroad would be too expensive, but with the help of scholarships and bursaries, studying in the US might not be out of reach. The US-UK Fulbright Commission, an organisation that promotes educational exchange between the two countries, says that 9,186 British students studied at American universities in the 2011/2012 academic year, a 2.7% rise on 2010/11. More...