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23 mai 2014

Academics Anonymous: so many PhD students, so few jobs

By Academics Anonymous. Unis need to stop merely training academics and instead start providing some of the jobs they have trained them for. Arts and humanities departments across UK universities spend significant time and effort recruiting PhD students to study with them. Read more...

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23 mai 2014

'You spent how much on your final project?'

By Libby Page. The final year of university is expensive – and for arts students it can cost thousands. How do students foot the bill? Can you put a price on creativity? For artists, balancing your great vision for a project with how you'll actually afford to make it happen is a continual struggle. And it's no different for students. Read more...

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23 mai 2014

University of London plan to close Institute of English Studies on hold

By Richard Adams. Vigorous campaign by IES supporters produces agreement to rethink proposal, but centre's financial future still uncertain. The University of London has lifted the threat of immediate closure from its Institute of English Studies and the Institute of Musical Research following protests by academics. Read more...

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23 mai 2014

Chile students' debts go up in smoke

By Jonathan Franklin. Artist named Fried Potatoes removed tuition contracts he says were worth up to $500m from private university and burned them. For a whole year, a Chilean artist using the name Fried Potatoes (Papas Fritas) planned his revenge. Saying he was collecting material for an art project, the 31-year-old visual artist sneaked into a vault at a notorious private, run-for-profit university and quietly removed tuition contracts. Read more...

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23 mai 2014

Disabled students could be 'shut out' by government cuts

By Harriet Swain. Planned cuts to the Disabled Students Allowance could have a disastrous effect on individuals, say campaigners, and prevent some from going to university. It was a short written statement from the universities minister, David Willetts, to parliament just before the Easter break and, for those affected, it was a shock. The government intended to "modernise" the Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) – grants given to disabled students in England to help meet extra study costs incurred because of their disabilities. Read more...

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23 mai 2014

Empty classrooms expose flaws in private colleges boom

By Shiv Malik, Andrew McGettigan and John Domokos. College called 'the ATM' by students who believe they can obtain loans of up to £11K a year and then not show up. A private college in north London is offering government-funded places to people who "blatantly" don't have the skills, recruiting candidates off the street and from countries in eastern Europe – and in at least one case lecturing to a class with no students. Read more...

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23 mai 2014

Is the UK still the destination of choice for international students?

By Louise Tickle. nternational student numbers are dropping. Has the UK lost its touch when it comes to recruiting overseas students? The UK currently attracts one in nine students seeking to study abroad. But universities are part of a fiercely competitive marketplace, and other countries are fighting hard to entice academic talent wherever they can find it. Read more...

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23 mai 2014

Mobile Moocs: a new way of learning

By Michael Curry. An app isn't going to provide large scale learning programmes, but mobile Moocs will start to build a new way of thinking about professional qualifications, says Michael Curry. Read more...

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23 mai 2014

Don't forget graduates in the zero hours debate

By David Ellis. Zero hours contracts affect many people and there's a danger graduates may come to accept them as part of the employment process, says David Ellis. In 1996, the great American journalist Gay Talese peeked beneath his fedora to study himself. Read more...

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23 mai 2014

Students get just 10 minutes more coursework despite paying £9,000

By Agencies. Students say university courses are failing to give value for money as on average they spend just 28 and a half hours on courses. Students are getting just 14 hours of weekly lectures and tutorials, prompting claims that a degree fails to provide value for money, research shows. Read more...

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