Finding a part-time job, setting up a student bank account and sticking to a budget will take the hard work out of managing your money. More...
25 août 2019
25 août 2019
Is a British university degree really worth it any more?
There are about 140 universities in the UK. It depends on your definition of a university: if it stretches to any public institution with degree-awarding powers, then the number rises to 164, according to Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa) data. A small number of private providers can also award degrees. More...
25 août 2019
Oxbridge summer schools and the benefits of a degree
There are many additional benefits – for example, while it is entirely possible to develop analytic and critical skills in other ways, a degree course is the most obvious and most straightforward way to do so. More...
25 août 2019
Private higher education college goes into administration
GSM London will stop teaching at end of September after failing to recruit and retain enough students. More...
25 août 2019
‘Symbolically posh’ Bristol University expanding to wrong side of tracks
Proposed campus aims to pull in students from areas where only 8.6% of school leavers go on to higher education. More...
25 août 2019
'Meritocrat v toff': Boris Johnson's losing battle for the Oxford Union
Boris Johnson seemed convinced his charm alone would be enough to secure him the prize, but ultimately he was thwarted by a rival who sought to portray him as a charlatan – only to eventually triumph by changing his political colours completely. More...
24 août 2019
Ukraine hosts 46 firms selling ghost-written dissertations
In 2009, there were 16 firms that sold completed dissertations; in 2016, the number nearly tripled to 46 registered enterprises.
Academic corruption exists from undergraduate to the doctoral level education in colleges and universities. While the former receives the lion’s share of attention, the latter is inadequately monitored. This is somewhat surprising, since doctoral education is regarded as the gold standard of academic achievement and should reflect the highest standards of academic integrity. More...
24 août 2019
"No Deal Brexit" Adds Uncertainty to Higher Education in the UK
A "no-deal Brexit" would affect university budgets unequally — some institutions would find their financial situation severely affected. More...
23 août 2019
In the U.K., a Surge in Chinese Applicants
By Elizabeth Redden. The number of Chinese students applying for undergraduate study in the United Kingdom jumped by 30 percent this year, according to data released Thursday by the Universities and Colleges Admission Service, a centralized admission service for U.K. higher education. More...
23 août 2019
Police: American Scientist was Raped, Killed in Crete
By Elizabeth Redden. A man has confessed to abducting, raping and killing an American scientist who was in Crete for an academic conference, The Washington Post reported, citing Greek authorities. More...
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