• 1/5 students believe teaching standards are poor
    14th May 2014

    A fifth of students believe that teaching standards at their university are poor, according to research. A survey of 3,400 undergraduates by the website Student Hut found that 19.6 per are unimpressed by lectures and seminars. Some 20.8 per cent believe that levels of support available outside of timetables sessions was lacking, it emerged. Dan […]

  • University often ‘wasted on teenagers’, says UCAS chief
    14th May 2014

    Mary Curnock Cook, chief executive of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), says that university is sometimes “wasted on the young” because many school leavers end up choosing the wrong degree course. Too many teenagers, particularly those from middle-class backgrounds, seem to “sleepwalk” into university due to expectations from their parents, teachers and friends. […]