The student's stew pot
I blogged some ideas about what to do instead of going to university, in case you don’t get in, some time ago. One of my suggestions was to not do a degree at all, but instead to get onto an Continue reading Apprenticeship or Degree?
Well, there is no more speculation, the tuition fees are going to rise to £6,000 per year with an upper limit of £9,000 per year. The government has pulled their funding of higher education and the universities are being given Continue reading University tuition fees will rise to £6,000 – with an upper tier of £9,000
We all said, will going to university in England soon be the most expensive option? Well, the answer to that question took a step closer to becoming a yes yesterday. Vince Cable, a man that said he would oppose any Continue reading University tuition fees increase plan comes a step closer
I’ve read a number of articles recently about the potential for student tuition fees to jump up sometime very soon. Basically, university’s currently have a cap on what they can charge per year. This is currently £3,290 per year. There Continue reading Will going to university in England soon be the most expensive option?
The story about Andrew Croskery, from County Down, applying for a judicial review of the grade he received from Queen’s University in Belfast has been covered quite extensively in the news recently. Basically, this guy got a 2:2, but he Continue reading Student challenges his degree result in the high court
Clearing in the UK doesn’t finish until 30th September, but already it might as well have finished. There are very few places left and it begs the question, what has gone wrong this year, why is there such a shortage Continue reading Shortage of university places, what it means and what to do
I have been reading a very interesting article on moneysavingexpert.com regarding student loans and the rise in interest rates. It asks the question, should you pay off your student loan? People that took their student loan out between 1990 and Continue reading Should you pay off your student loan?
According to The Telegraph yesterday, in their article University clearing places ‘to be slashed’, the places on offer to students missing out on their required grades for their first choice universities through the clearing process, could be slashed by a Continue reading University clearing places could be cut by a third
I guess everyone has heard about the Academies Bill, but I wasn’t aware of the free schools part of it. Basically, groups of parents or teachers can set up their own schools! There is a good Q & A on Continue reading Profit is the key to success for free schools as part of the academies bill