By Abby Young-Powell. From rock climbing to hot-air ballooning or abseiling down underground waterfalls – pick a university that lets you indulge your love of the great outdoors. More...
24 août 2015
24 août 2015
‘I’m embracing uncertainty’: teenagers on why they are not going to university
By Lucy Tobin. Put off by fees and debt, or attracted by a higher apprenticeship in tax: five young people explain their reasons for not bothering with Ucas or clearing. More...
24 août 2015
The howl truth: scholars get packing for UK werewolf conference
By Aisha Gani. Three-day event at University of Hertfordshire will feature a visit to the grave of Peter the Wild Boy and an outing to the UK Wolf Conservation Trust. More...
24 août 2015
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: academic to spend year as David Bowie's many personas
By Aisha Gani. Professor Will Brooker will spend months at a time experiencing the star’s life at different points through his 40-year career – from Ziggy Stardust to Let’s Dance. More...
24 août 2015
Montreal Is The Best Student City In Canada, Says QS Top Universities
By Jesse Ferreras. Choosing a post-secondary school is one of life's most important decisions.But Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Top Universities is making the choice a little easier for anyone who's considered studying in Montreal.
The QS Best Student Cities Index ranked Montreal eighth on its list of the world's best places in which to be a student last year. Read more...
24 août 2015
The surprising effects of study abroad
By . Since Kant, liberal scholars of international relations have hypothesized that greater cross-border contact can be a powerful force for good. The idea is that such contact encourages a sense of shared international community, breaking down artificial barriers separating people into different nations and inhibiting their natural human affinities for one another. This intuitively appealing hypothesis has inspired several famous student exchange programs, which among other potential positive effects are expected to quell nationalist fervors and ward off international conflict. Read more...24 août 2015
School of hard knocks is a great way to learn
By Nancy Revie. The cost of a university degree in Canada has tripled since 1990, and Ontario students are paying the most. This shocking fact considers tuition and other compulsory fees. Average fees in current dollars are expected to climb to $6,610 in the 2016-17 academic year. Compare this to the average $1,464 paid in 1990-91 for a university education and there's no denying — it ain't cheap. Read more...24 août 2015
Attack on the ivory tower — UBC under siege
By Pete McMartin. Oh, ivory tower! I fear for you! All this silly noise inspired by a professor who offers up, in writing, without foundation in fact, her belief that poor Gupta, in part, was undone because he wasn’t invited to the white guys’ frat party. Read more...24 août 2015
Faculty, university leaders spar over academic freedom at UBC
A key player in a public battle about academic freedom at the University of British Columbia says he'll remain chairman of the board of governors and that a critic should file a formal grievance. Read more...24 août 2015
Half of post-secondary students worried about debt after graduating: poll
Worry over tuition and living expenses is dogging almost half of post-secondary students as they head back to school. They're also afraid they won't be able to pay back debt once they graduate because they're concerned about finding a well-paying job, a poll issued by CIBC (TSX: CM) shows. Read more...
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