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Private eyes to track down EU students who owe £50m in loans
Private investigators have been called in to track down hundreds of overseas graduates from UK universities who have gone missing owing millions of pounds in loans bankrolled by the British taxpayer. The Student Loans Company (SLC) has been forced to … Continue reading
Universities ‘forced to lower entry grades to fill places’
Top universities may be setting students up to fail by admitting applicants with D grades at A-level in a bid to fill places, a leading vice-chancellor has warned. Some members of the elite Russell Group have been forced to “significantly … Continue reading
Panorama North Korea briefing for LSE students held in a pub
The key meeting where BBC journalists briefed students on the risks of travelling to North Korea with an undercover journalist for John Sweeney’s Panorama documentary was held in a busy London pub where the group drank alcohol. Two students at … Continue reading
Students warned not to get stuck in low-skill jobs
Graduates who “dumb down” their employment aspirations can find themselves stuck in low-skilled jobs for years, according to research to be published later this week. A study by the New Employment Foundation shows one in four graduates who take non-graduate … Continue reading
Four held as university protesters are evicted
Four students were arrested on Tuesday as police evicted protesters who had occupied a building at Sussex University, near Brighton, for nearly eight weeks. The arrests follow a 10-month campaign against the outsourcing of catering and facilities services at the … Continue reading
Schools told to narrow gap between rich and poor
Schools in England will no longer be rated as “outstanding” by inspectors if they fail to close the attainment gap between poor and affluent children. Schools Minister David Laws said schools should not be relying on their brightest pupils to … Continue reading
School sport set to receive funding boost from the government
The government is preparing to make a major announcement on new funding for school sport in the next few days, the BBC has learnt. A new strategy for school sport has been debated within Whitehall for months, and the precise … Continue reading
£30m plan for hundreds more postgraduate places
HUNDREDS of extra post- graduate places are to be created at Scottish universities under a £30 million scheme. The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) will target part of its funding for higher education over the next five years at creating an … Continue reading
Students offered cocaine for scientific trial
Students at a London university have been offered the chance to take cocaine as part of a clinical trial examining the drug’s effects on the body. Undergraduates at King’s College London were sent an invitation to enrol in the trial … Continue reading
Universities lose out as fees charged for non-Scots
AT LEAST four Scottish universities have lost money due to the introduction of fees for students from the rest of the UK. Aberdeen, Abertay in Dundee, Queen Margaret in Edinburgh and West of Scotland said they had a lower income … Continue reading
