Category: Students

Fall in overseas students fuels threat to English universities despite rise in fees

Higher tuition costs have already been ‘wiped out’ by government tax hikes, critics claimA fall in international students applying for visas risks prolonging the existential threat facing some of England’s...

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British Council could disappear within a decade, says chief executive

Exclusive: Scott McDonald is looking at budget cuts and axing the organisation’s presence in up to 40 countries• Why the financial crisis at the British Council matters as UK pushes soft powerThe British Council could...

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Unpaid internships ‘locking out’ young working-class people from careers

UK charity calls for positions of four weeks or longer to be banned to help close social mobility gapYoung people from working-class or disadvantaged backgrounds are being “locked out” of careers by unpaid or...

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University degree still best for young Britons’ life chances, says former minister

In research paper for King’s College London, former Tory minister David Willetts hits back at critics who say degree is no longer a wise investmentA university degree is still the best route for the UK’s young people...

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Ministers to revise university freedom of speech legislation

Contentious liability clause that could have exposed institutions to being sued by Holocaust deniers is scrappedThe government is to overhaul legislation imposing free speech duties on higher education in England, scrapping a...

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English universities offer to curb foreign students if they can raise tuition fees

Vice-chancellors to ask ministers to stabilise visa regime and allow them to address the sector’s financial crisis Universities will offer to curb the rise in overseas students in return for greater stability and the...

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