By Editorial. This year, an extra 30,000 university places will be added to the overall total. A radical higher education experiment that does not promise an era of settled certainty. Read more...By . This meaningless pursuit of 'quality' is transforming academics into part-time administrators. Administrators in universities used to be people who would support academics in their role. Now it feels increasingly as if the administrative machine follows Parkinson's law, not only creating more work for themselves (under the guise of quality monitoring) but also more work for people who entered academia. Read more...By . Traditionally, science holds itself to account, primarily through internal systems of peer review. But the recent retraction of two papers on stem-cell research by the journal Nature highlights weaknesses in this self-regulatory framework that scientists need to address. Read more...By James Charles. Getting a degree from a UK university is an expensive business, but young people are exploring other options. Congratulations to all the A-level students who got the grades they need and are heading to university this autumn. But a growing band of young adults are spurning a conventional British university and pursuing other options, ranging from high-level apprenticeships through to scholarships and degrees from low-fee universities abroad. Read more...By Richard Doughty. Consider smaller specialist institutions instead of large campus universities if big groups of people aren't your thing. Moving from school or college, where you know everyone, to a massive campus-style university thronging with thousands of students can be daunting. But there are alternatives. Much smaller HE institutions, often affiliated to larger universities, maintain a community-style atmosphere where students are in their hundreds rather than thousands, you actually get to know your lecturers and tutors, and many friendships made there can last a lifetime. Read more...By Angela Monaghan. Incentives have been extended in the hope it will put the UK in a strong position to benefit from hi-tech industries. The British spirit of innovation appears to be alive and well after figures showed a jump in the number of UK companies taking up tax relief on research and development (R&D) spending. Read more...By Richard Adams. Ucas figures show total number of people going to university could top half a million for first time, despite shrinking demographic. Read more...By Richard Adams. Higher proportion of sixth formers go into further education, including more women and students from deprived areas. Record numbers of British 18-year-olds – including rising numbers of women and students from deprived areas – are on their way to university this year, with more selective universities taking in greater numbers of undergraduates. Read more...
Par Sarvane. J'ai voulu passer le DAEU A (Diplôme d'Accès aux Etudes Universitaires, section littéraire), afin d'entamer les études universitaires en Lettres que je n'avais pas pu suivre avant, pour des raisons personnelles et désagréables qui m'avaient fait passer, en lieu et place, un BAC G1.
L'année dernière, je me rendais quatre soirs par semaine, de 17h30 à 20h à l'Université Rennes 2, en cours de Français, Anglais, Histoire et Géographie. J'ai passé deux partiels (en langage lycéen, des BAC blancs), pour un examen final sur 5 jours en juin. J'ai eu de la chance d'obtenir mon diplôme, ce n'était pas gagné. En tant qu'adulte, non seulement j'étais étudiante, mais aussi épouse et maman, fille et soeur, employée d'une boîte et écrivain souvent sur le stand de ma minuscule maison d'édition.
Sept vies, j'vous jure, c'était du boulot. Je ne me plains pas, j'aime ça. Tellement que j'ai rempilé cette année en démarrant une licence de Lettres. Mais ceci est une autre histoire. Suite...
Par Sarvane. Suivre les cours du DAEU l'année dernière fut un réel plaisir. Je n'oublierais jamais ces quatre professeurs qui, passionnés par leurs matières, parvinrent à me captiver et me faire progresser. Si je n''ai pas décroché, ne ratant quasiment aucun cours, qu'il vente, qu'il pleuve, qu'il neige, c'est en grande partie grâce à eux. J'arrivais parfois épuisée par l'enchaînement des journées de travail, des soirées estudiantines et des week-ends studieux, mais je venais car je savais qu'au bout, j'allais passer deux heures de bonheur qui fileraient à une vitesse folle. Suite...
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