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Higher Education
Higher Education
London Met’s licence is revoked
Aug 30th
Tweet The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has announced the licence London Metropolitan University had, which allowed them to sponsor non-EU students, has been revoked. This decision was a surprise for many and, understandably, there is much distress amongst some/all of the affected students. However, what doesn’t help is the massive overreactions from organisations such as…
A simplistic view from Simon Hughes
Jun 13th
Tweet In a recent article on the BBC website, it was noted that Simon Hughes (the Advocate for Access to Higher Education) believes that universities are ‘crying foul’ about tuition fees and cuts. He thinks there are some simple things that could be done to make their respective financial situations better. Unfortunately, I believe his…
University makes big money from MSP internships
May 16th
Tweet Today, in this Political Scrapbook post, it was reported that the University of Edinburgh has an internship programme where a student has to pay £5,750 to get a place. On the information page for the programme (that can be found here), you will note that there are only 20 places available. These interns will…
Tuition fees – the exception becomes the rule
Apr 19th
Tweet In the past, I have been a supporter of the ‘Keep the Cap’ message. I thought that tuition fees helped improve universities to an extent, but they shouldn’t be too high. If they were too high, you could deter some potential students from applying for a place. Back in 2006, I was part of…
Sit ins, walk outs and shouting about fees and cuts
Nov 24th
Tweet If you kept up with the news today, you will have noticed a large number of demonstrations across the country. This follows the demo/march organised by the NUS, which took place two weeks ago. Once again, they centre around the proposed changes to education funding (particularly in the HE sector) and fees. The NUS…