UK Students Turn to Prostitution
16th December 2011
Disturbing new claims suggest that increasing numbers of students are turning to prostitution and lap dancing to fund their education, as university tuition fees soar to £9000.
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How To Get Into Oxbridge: Colleges
02nd September 2011Applying to Oxbridge can seem like a daunting mountain to climb, but our ‘How to Get into Oxbridge’ blog series is here to help. This week, we take you through the steps of choosing the college that’s right for you!
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Are Degrees worth the Debt?
24th May 2011A recent survey showed that half of current final-year university students would not start their degree again if fees were trebled. With tuition fees set to rocket to £9000, causing huge graduate debt, we consider the alternative and weigh up the arguments for and against university.
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Are UK Students at Risk of Radicalisation?
18th March 2011Following 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?
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Graduate Unemployment Rises Again
10th November 2010With the announcement that graduate unemployment has risen once again, we ask whether a university degree costing £40,000 of debt is a worthwhile accolade when it won’t even guarantee you a job. Would today’s school-leavers be better off going straight into work or practical apprenticeships rather than aiming for higher education?
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University Access For All?
02nd November 2010Is university in the UK really accessible to all? We examine the results of recent studies into the numbers of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds being accepted to top universities and consider potential ways of solving this perpetual problem.
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Are Britain’s Students Apathetic?
27th October 2010The past week has seen English and French teenagers faced with the huge implications of new government policies, yet their reaction has been markedly different. Whilst French students have leapt to their own defence, organising political rallies and government protests, English students have once again showed their complete political apathy, failing to form an active community or mount any real demonstrations at all, in spite of the enormous threat of hugely raised tuition fees.
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The A level conundrum
01st September 2010A level results have arrived with another record pass rate, but is it good or bad news for the students receiving them? Has the new A* grade done what it was supposed to or simply made the ever-improving results even more difficult to evaluate? Thousands of students across the country are celebrating this week as A level results reached an all-time high, with a record pass rate of 97.6%, and one in twelve results achieving the…..
