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How to Get a Course through Extra
If you have used all five choices and you are not holding any offers you can add another choice through UCAS Extra which starts on 25 February 2016. This is for applicants who were unsuccessful with all their five preferred degree programmes or received offers but did not accept because they decided against it.
UK Thrives at World University Rankings 2015
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings has recently released its 2015-2016 list of the 800 best global universities, and results show that the United Kingdom has surpassed its already impressive standing last year. It boasts of 78 universities overall on the list, 34 of which are in the top 200. Majority of UK universities […]
The UCAS Clearing Vacancy Search is Almost Over. Apply ASAP!
Academic year 2015-2016 has commenced in most universities in the United Kingdom but there are individuals who still find themselves without a university place. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) Clearing offers an ideal solution for such predicament as it helps students who have UCAS applications find a place in various universities. The UCAS […]
Studying at University this Autumn Semester? Here are 6 tips to help you get started!
Your high school teachers are some of the best sources of advice to send you off to university. Whilst university tutors themselves are very good resource persons for this matter, high school mentors provide a third party perspective that is relevant and helpful. Besides, they know you more and were once university freshers just like you.
Income Sharing Agreement: Solution for Student Loan Crisis?
Only around three weeks left and the UK universities academic year 2015 / 2016 start. And so does tens of thousands of new students’ loans in Great Britain. The same is true in the United States where classes start this week. However, there is an emerging alternative to student loans there in the US. They […]
A Space-Enabled Future and Present: From STEM Education to Postgraduate
Before this year ends, a British astronaut will be sent to land on the International Space Station. Major Timothy Nigel Peake will launch on board Russian spacecraft Soyuz TMA-19M on 15 December 2015. He will be Flight Engineer 1 together with a Russian Flight Commander and an American Flight Engineer 2. But there is more […]
University Application: What to Do If You Have Bad Grades
Results day will be next week, 13 August 2015. A levels and school is through and you are left with no choice but to wait for your results. Some students will get the exam results required for the course and university they chose. Others’ grades will be higher than what they hoped for. A few […]
Tips to Help You Prepare to Apply for Oxbridge
The deadline for applications to the University of Cambridge and University of Oxford is yet on 15 October. It is still three months away and yet you are here trying to know more about how to prepare for it. If you want to apply to these Oxbridge universities, you are on the right track. Yes, […]
Some Essay Exam Blunders at Oxford University
Writing academic essays at university is a problem to almost all students. It should not be for students in a top university. Apparently, it is. Just like the essay writing of students in other schools, that of some Oxford students demonstrated insufficient basic common sense, difficulty in expressing their ideas especially in the academic language […]
Charles Ponzi’s Higher Education, Career and the Ponzi Scheme
The Profzi Scheme is one iconic image from the “cult” PhD Comics. It was originally published in 9 March 2009. Way after this first publication, it has become a staple in post graduate circles. It is a satire likening postgraduate education to the fraudulent Ponzi scheme scam. PhD Comics illustration is very descriptive and although […]
Better-Designed Teacher Training to Fast Track Improved Learning Outcomes
World Teachers’ Day has just been celebrated last Sunday, 5 October. The day is dedicated to honouring the teachers around the world for their contribution to people’s lives and the society in a greater sense. In schools, students express their gratitude to their teachers. In the bigger world outside, people also look back and thank […]
Legislation Is Needed for University Board Gender Equality in Scotland
Self-regulation is not enough to bring about gender equality on the composition of university boards. This is what the National Union of Students Scotland says. The group found out that the female to male ratio of members in university boards all over Scotland is only 3:7. The students point out that this mix does not […]
Teaching Still Undervalued Despite Clamour
Recently, many universities have started to offer teaching-route professorships. This is in response to students’ demand for more focus on teaching rather than on research. They have instituted promotion incentives for these positions so that many excellent candidates will be attracted. But the problem is that, they are not carrying out these policies. Increase in […]
Stay Employed with a Postgraduate Degree on Cyber Security
Have you come across an “ethical hacking course?” No, it isn’t the new oxymoron. It is Lancaster University’s cyber security programme offered alongside other institutions, like De Montfort University (DMU) and Royal Holloway University of London. The ethical hacking course programme provides a dual purpose: (a) allow MSc students to learn how hackers do their […]
Excluding Foreign Students from Migration Targets
Three-quarters of the surveyed Tory parliamentary candidates have agreed. Foreign student entrants need to be “excluded from any target for reducing migration.” Furthermore, seventy per cent of these candidates concurred that UK universities must not restrict its targets to the “brightest and the best” students. Rather, higher educational institutions must accommodate “all legitimate foreign students.” […]
Video Gamers Offered US’ First Virtual Athletics Scholarship Programme
A historical event in the context of eSports and League of Legends gamers is about to happen. Seventy applications are competing to make their way into the Robert Morris University-Illinois’ virtual athletics scholarship programme. The athletics programme, the first of its kind and in US, are also fielding over 500 e-mail inquiries – all of […]
Technical Education Will Soon Grow On-Demand Over Higher Ed, Says report
“More than nine million jobs for year 2022.” The Institute for Public Policy Research or IPPR knew how to make good news possible, doesn’t it? Apparently, this figure doesn’t apply to all sectors. The jobs belong to certain categories: the medium and low-skilled jobs. The IPPR report presents several issues at hand, some of which […]
Ruling Out the Best Way to Measure ‘Good Teaching’
Possible and impossible are two words that prop when discussions veer close about measuring ‘good teaching.’ Concerns about the generous definition of ‘good teaching’ threaten to slam down any attempt to measure it at all. Fortunately, research has helped settle the score. Times Higher Education’s Graham Gibbs saw an end to this enduring debate. At […]
Major/Minor Degrees: Adapting Another US-Higher Ed Feature
Last year, the US’ grade-point average (GPA) system landed in several UK universities. Not long before that, another American trend is making its way to UK universities. The trend, being conceivably great bait for both foreign and local UK students, is targeted to work on liberal arts programmes. Keele, King’s College London, and Sheffield are […]
Mobile MOOCs: an “elite education for the masses”
The collective state of UK’s working youth, full-time students, and higher education institutions presented challenges – most of which gave birth to other platforms of learning and skills development. Moocs or massive open online courses are the current favourite in today’s learning platform menu. Evolving Moocs Moocs arrived at the time when educational stakeholders were […]
