Yet more problems have beset the troubled tuition fees scheme this week, as it emerged that a major flaw in the government plan will disadvantage tens of thousands of students choosing to defer entry to take a gap year.
As England’s top universities flock to announce top tuition fees of £9000, worrying statistics show that the top Oxbridge Universities have failed to meet targets to improve their intake of state school pupils. We ask why millions of pounds are being poured into access and outreach schemes that are quite obviously not working in the way they should.
A new argument against the higher tuition fees system has been raised by universities concerned at the impact it will have on four-year modern language courses. These degrees include an extra year of study abroad, and institutions are concerned students will no longer be prepared to pay the extra price.
Reports of the mass protest against government cuts on March 26 have been so varied that it has been difficult for anybody to piece together a realistic picture of what actually took place. We pick through the wildly different accounts of the day to find out what really happened.
A study by leading accountancy firms shows that students may have to pay back double the enormous student loans required to attend university under the new coalition government’s plans for £9000 tuition fees. The longer repayment period is being billed as an attractive proposition by the government but will actuallly mean vast sums of interest accrued by graduate debts.
Following several recent terrorist incidents involving recently graduated students of UK Universities, the government has stepped up its Prevent programme for anti-radicalisation. A review will call for closer monitoring of students for extremist tendencies by lecturers and university authorities. But will this be deeply damaging to the status of universities as an arena for free speech and debate?
A controversial new report by the Times Higher Education magazine has ranked the top 200 universities worldwide on the basis of their reputation alone. We take a look at the somewhat surprising list of UK universities making the international grade.
Choosing which university to put down as your firm acceptance can be daunting, when they all seem equally impressive and important, and all woo you with flashy prospectuses and overwhelm you with information. As UCAS offers arrive and decisions have to be made, we offer you our top tips for how to choose a university that’s best for you.
