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Nearly three million students and graduates face the prospect of higher interest rates on their student loans after the hike in inflation last month. The Student Loans Company resets the interest rate payable every September 1, based on the level of Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation in March of that year.
Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg are once more set to go head-to-head in the second prime ministerial TV debate, focused on global affairs.
We all know bullying occurs in children’s playgrounds, inside and outside of secondary schools and sometimes even in the adult workplace, but what about University? This supposed sanctuary of like minded scholars has become just another place in which people compete with each other for respect and social order, and bullying has followed with it!
Universities in the UK should beware of treating overseas students as "cash cows", the British Council has warned.
Almost a third of university students are planning to vote Conservative in next month’s election, a poll of 14,000 final year undergraduates shows. Of the 30 universities involved in the study, 20 saw the Tories take the lead, while only seven opted for Labour as the favourite choice.
The South Korean government is introducing policies aimed at curbing the amount of time children spend playing online games.
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Long waits for special funding put grades – and even degrees – at risk! In common with many people who lost their job during the recession, Chris Long decided to go to university to boost his employment prospects when the economy picks up!
“I have never been a girly sort of girl. Let’s face it; I’m alternative and different. I was used to some [bullying] in school, in my home town, but I thought being based in London would mean less judgment because it’s so accepting of different cultures.
A majority of UK women now go to university, but that doesn't mean workplace equality is sure to follow
According to a report, the British government will be sharing the details of nearly 1000 British Muslim students with the US intelligence agencies to aid their investigation of the Detroit plane bomber. Most of these names are of those who have been members of the universities ' Islamic society, raising fears that these students will be targeted and their names will appear o international terrorist watch lists.
The days of university life providing the first, heady taste of living away from home - usually in squalid digs - may be numbered, research suggests today.
A students’ charter stipulating minimum teaching hours, lecturers’ performance and accommodation standards is to be announced today. Vice-chancellors will have to negotiate with student leaders at each university and college over the standards that they will promise to deliver to undergraduates and postgraduates students from autumn 2011.
Laura Tunbridge left school in Kent with four As and one B at A-level, but was rejected from Oxford University and all but one of her other choices. Rather than settle for second best, she took a gap year and set her sights on the American Ivy League.
Justin Gawel says there's nothing too incriminating on his Facebook page. "There are a lot of pictures of drinking [but] nothing naked or anything -- at least I don't think so," he said jokingly. Even so, the Michigan State University junior recently changed his Facebook display name to "Dustin Jawel" to keep his personal life from potential employers while applying for summer internships
Back to the 1950s - that was one characterisation of the reforms emerging from the group commissioned by the Conservatives to shake up exams in England.
Today's budget included £270m to fund extra places on science, maths, engineering and technology courses
Pop singer Kylie Minogue was guest of honour in a small Oxfordshire village to hand out awards.
Students who attend university open days when the weather is cloudy have an increased likelihood of applying there, claims research.
Students and academic staff have said the funding announced for Scottish universities for the next academic year is not enough.
