The student's stew pot
Note from me: I asked my friend to write this Academic Knowledge review because I get so many questions about writing for them after writing this article about the company, and I have never done it. He has kindly agreed Continue reading Academic Knowledge Review
Update 16 Dec 2012: I’ve had a few emails asking if this info is relevant to students starting in September 2013. I can confirm that it is as all the new changes to tuition fees, maintenance loans, maintenance grants etc. Continue reading Student Tuition Fees & Student Loans From 2012 Onwards
Yup, apparently you can get a few quid back on your TV license! You go to university in September and grudgingly realise you are actually going to have to buy a TV license for the first time in your life, Continue reading Students can get a partial refund on their TV license
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?
UPDATE ON THIS POST: I get quite a lot of questions about writing for the company called Academic Knowledge. I did get around to applying for freelance work with them, it was fairly painless and I was accepted. However, events Continue reading Academic Knowledge company: Freelance writing work with Academic Knowledge
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
Well, I said in my post on the serious shortage of university places in 2010, that the roll over effect into 2011 would be a serious problem. Well, with the proposal to rise tuition fees in 2012 coming into play, Continue reading 2011 shortage of university places compounded by rush to beat rise in tuition fees
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?
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?