My Uni Place

25/04/2017

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-39693954

Academic staff from EU countries should be urgently guaranteed a right to stay, say MPs.

11/04/2017

What do we want? Late lectures!
And when do we want them? Late!!!

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/ban-9am-lectures-for-students-circadian-rhythms-11am-lecture-body-clocks-open-nevada-university-a7675291.html?cmpid=facebook-post

Traditional 9am lectures should be scrapped and students should be allowed to start their day later, experts have claimed, following new research that suggests early mornings interfere with young adults’ body clocks. According to researchers at The Open University, lectures should start no earlier t...

23/02/2017

Foreign students coming to the UK to study fell sharply in the year to September 2016, according to the Office for National Statistics. The study showed 41,000 fewer students came to the UK for long-term study, the vast majority of the drop - 31,000 - coming from non-EU students.

05/01/2016

http://www.onionstudios.com/videos/how-the-college-admissions-process-works-3673

How The College Admissions Process Works

18/12/2015

http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2015/dec/18/my-students-have-paid-9000-and-now-they-think-they-own-me

The government has turned students into customers who have no respect for academics and refuse to work for their grades

04/06/2015

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-32991494

Many students are unconvinced they have received value for money from their university courses, according to an annual survey.

18/04/2015

http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/the-10-safest-townsand-the-10-most-dangerousto-be-a-student--gkinObqiyZ

---The 10 safest towns - and the 10 most dangerous - to be a studentPosted an hour ago by i100 staff in newsUpvoteUpvotedA new analysis has revealed the most dangerous - and safest - places to be a student. The website sturents.com looked at 535,468 crimes in student housing areas in 64 towns and ci…

13/04/2015

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/education-32230793

University of Bolton assistant vice-chancellor Patrick McGhee examines the shifting tastes in choice of degree subjects.

24/03/2015

http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/6922034

A Cambridge University professor has launched a scathing attack on the Oxbridge application process, labelling it "institutionally racist". Professor Diane Reay accused Oxbridge universities of "accentuating elitism," branding ...