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5 juillet 2014

Academics Anonymous: scientific publishing is a licence to print money, not the truth

By Academics Anonymous. Publicity-hungry journals have created a climate in which dishonest scientists can thrive Earlier this year, newspapers reported on the discovery of a simple protocol that could turn any kind of cell into a super-pluripotent stem cell – referred to as a Stap cell. The discovery, published in two articles in the prestigious scientific journal Nature, held out the promise that scientists could develop simple procedures to create patient-matched stem cells. More...

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5 juillet 2014

Student satisfaction with university education on rise

By Richard Adams. However, some arts, disabled and ethnic minority students are less happy than their peers, report finds. Students are more satisfied with their university education despite the imposition of £9,000 in annual tuition fees – although some disabled and ethnic minority students are less happy than their peers, according to a new report. More...

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5 juillet 2014

Most graduates have switched careers by age of 24

19 out of 20 of today's graduates have changed jobs at least once within three years of finishing university, study by New College of the Humanities finds. Most of today's graduates have already changed careers at least once by the age of 24, new research found. Read more...

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5 juillet 2014

Results day 2014: early preparation is key to success

By Josie Gurney-Read. As A level results day looms, the search for university places will intensify, especially in the lead up to Clearing. But help is at hand, says Josie Gurney-Read. Read more...

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5 juillet 2014

Ban on fake Wonga-style legal letters to chase student debt

By Graeme Paton. The Student Loans Company suspends the use of a fictional debt collection agency to chase up late graduate repayments after Vince Cable brands the system as "misleading". Read more...

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5 juillet 2014

Half of students 'run out of money' before their next loan

By Josie Gurney-Read. 83 per cent of students admit they need more financial education to deal with the knowledge gap, which effects their ability to budget at university. Read more...

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5 juillet 2014

'Students need a reality check – university is not school'

By Joanna Williams. Students must take responsibility for their own learning, irrespective of how many 'contact hours' they have, argues lecturer Joanna Williams. Read more...

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5 juillet 2014

Students threatened with jail for telling 'white lies' on CVs

By Graeme Paton. The fraud prevention service says students face jail for lying on their CVs as figures show a 60 per cent rise in the number of people caught making false job applications. Read more...

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5 juillet 2014

University students 'not happy' with media and arts degrees

By Graeme Paton. The Higher Education Funding Council for England finds significant differences in student satisfaction rates between degree subjects, with media studies degrees ranked lowest and veterinary science highest. Read more...

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5 juillet 2014

University schools ‘told to improve’

By Richard Vaughan. A string of universities sponsoring school academies have been told to raise their games in light of poor standards. Among them is University College London, which opened its first academy last year and was described by former schools minister Lord Adonis as “the future of education”. More...

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