The student's stew pot
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?
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?
Choosing the right student bank account is essential if you want to be a happy student 🙂 The stress and trauma you will go through if you pick the wrong account doesn’t bear thinking about; going over your overdraft limit, Continue reading UK students – which student bank account to pick
I posted about the serious lack of clearing places for this year’s students and I think anyone in the UK would have to have been living in a cave to not see all the news and press coverage about the Continue reading No university place – study abroad
So I’m doing some early research into a dissertation topic and which site should be turning up in nearly all my Google searches on the subject, you got it, my old friend UK Essays. Having said that, they do have Continue reading Choosing good dissertation topics