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How International Alumni Can Help Recruit Foreign Students for UK Universities

International students are an important part of the population that makes up UK higher education institutions. They contribute to the diversity of student life on campus through the experiences, interests and skills they bring, having lived in a different country with its own unique culture. They also make an important contribution to the economy through […]

The Extra as UCAS Applicants’ Option

Unsuccessful and successful applicants in UCAS can use the Extra option. Those of them who were not given any offers, those who have received but did not like any of them and those who have decided that they no longer want the courses which decisions they have yet to receive can still make an extra […]

Women in Higher Education

As we celebrate women’s month, it is only fitting that we look at the status of women in UK higher education and the roles assigned to them. The Observer recently published a report showing the lack of female representation in senior roles in UK higher education as with other sectors. The report revealed there are […]

How Should UCAS Applicants Reply to Offers

Applying to university through UCAS is a process involving many detailed steps. The deadline for the submission of applications, January 15, is through. The cycle is now where applicants receive offers and reply to them. It is important for university aspirants to know how to go about this step. As early as this month, students […]

Student Maintenance Loans, Grants to Rise at Less Than Rate of Inflation

Maintenance loans and grants for English Students will increase by 1% in 2014-15. The announcement came through a written statement from universities minister David Willetts. The increase is less than the rate of inflation. Part-time students and those taking distance learning courses will also get a 1% rise in maintenance grants and loans. The maximum […]

Apprenticeships Need Ambitious Improvements to Become a Competitive Alternative to University

United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron envisions apprenticeships to be an important contributor towards the nation’s regaining of its economic strength. As projected by the Centre for Economics and Business Research, future employees who come from work-based trainings can earn a total of £3.4bn every year starting 2022, which will be a good contribution to […]

Going to University is Still the Best Means to be Successful in Career

The changing times may have resulted in university degrees not being enough to secure a fulfilling career or a job itself for a graduate. However, the academe has coped with the shifting requirements of the job market thereby making formal education still the best means of achieving success in clenching the highly contested vacancy and, […]

2013 World Reputation Rankings Pose Challenge to UK Universities

In the way things are going in the Times Higher Education world reputation rankings 2013, traditionally prestigious UK universities does not have the luxury of sitting on their laurels. This is good news to students as they can realistically expect that if there will be a sure winner in the competition, it will be them […]

Deciding on Which University to Go To

The step of going to university is usually equated to choosing a university which may seem simple. If uninformed, students think that deciding on a school is simple and that giving it extra effort and time is not necessary. However, the fact is that your choice of school is crucial in your life in its […]

Choosing a University Degree and How it Will Work for You

University fairs are once again being rolled out, with the first starting on 27 February in London and others following in England, Wales and Northern Ireland until the end of June. This means thousands of Year 12 students and their parents will face the complicated decision on which university to attend and what courses to […]

UK University Fair 2013: Opportunity for International Students to Shop for a University

The largest university fair in the UK is happening on Saturday 9th March 12:00-17:00 at Earl’s Court London. Close to 80 UK universities will be represented at the fair to meet and recruit potential students, particularly international students. Interested students can enquire about their preferred university, which courses are available and are most suited for […]

University Partnerships with Local TV Stations Offer Opportunity for Broadcast Work to Students

UK universities partner with local television broadcasters in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Oxfordshire to allow their students taking journalism courses to practice their skills. Students will gain work experience as their universities help run a new batch of TV stations in the country. Journalism students at Glasgow Caledonian University will contribute to Scottish TV station STV’s […]

Creative Writing Soon to be Part of A-levels

Good news for students wanting to have more subject choices for earning AS and A-level qualifications. The first creative writing course of its kind at A-level in the UK will soon give aspiring authors, playwrights and poets the chance to explore and hone their talents in prose fiction, non-fiction, poetry or script writing for page, […]

The Guardian University Awards: Recognising Higher Education’s Most Inspiring Leader

The Guardian University Awards aims to celebrate excellence, creativity, achievement and innovation across a range of categories. The awards will serve as a standard for excellence and endorse the ongoing projects of universities that will bring positive outcomes for higher education in the UK. The areas being recognised range from teaching best practice and innovation […]

Fund Created to Raise Teaching Standards in London Schools

London Mayor Boris Johnson has announced the creation of a £24m fund to help drive up teaching standards in the capital. The London Schools Excellence Fund mostly came from the Department for Education (£20m), with the mayor contributing £4.25m. It will support programmes that encourage teaching excellence and professional development for teachers across London, and […]

Nominations Sought for Wales’ Biggest Adult Learning Awards

Has your adult life been transformed through learning? Do you know of tutors, trainers and mentors from your community, further education, higher education institutions or workplace that have significantly changed the lives of adults they have taught? Now is your chance to give back the inspiration tutors and mentors have given you and many others […]

Education Secretary Plans Changes to Curriculum in English Schools

In a speech delivered Tuesday, Education secretary Michael Gove believes UK pupils should learn from a robust “core knowledge” of information and facts instead of “vapid happy talk” so that they are ensured of a structured “stock of knowledge”. These principles underlie his plans for putting forth new curricula for English primary and secondary schools, […]

British Schools to Receive 15,000 Free Raspberry Pi

Internet giant Google will distribute 15,000 microcomputers to schools around the UK through the Raspberry Pi Foundation in a move to inspire a new generation of computer scientists. The Raspberry Pi, an extremely popular machine that is only about the size of a credit card has inspired the creativity of educators, electronic appliance tinkerers and […]

Cambridge Thinking About Reintroducing Entrance Tests As Replacement for AS-Level Grade Requirement

Cambridge University is considering changes to its admissions procedures by reintroducing universal and generalised entrance exams to be taken by all candidates to better gauge the academic abilities of its prospective students. Entrance tests are making a comeback in the admissions process after 27 years. The AS-level grades of university applicants is one factor that […]

Damage on Students’ Essay Writing Skills Due to Heavy Use of Twitter and Facebook

Professor David Abulafia, a leading Cambridge don says that said teenagers’ essay writing skills were “going down the plug hole” because much of their writing today is done online via social networks, wherein the accepted standards for use of language is vastly different compared to acceptable levels in academic institutions. Prof Abulafia cites Twitter as […]