University staff are calling for a “radical” overhaul of tuition fees and higher education funding in England in a review of student finance. Sally Hunt, leader of the UCU lecturers’ union, says the review must be more than “tinkering at the edges”. The review, to be formally announced in the next few days, follows a […]
The most advantaged teens have tightened their grip on university places, pulling further ahead of the least advantaged, Ucas data shows. Although more poorer students won places at university this year, wealthy students increased at a higher rate. Universities Minister Jo Johnson said he was reforming the sector to encourage equality of opportunity. The data […]
Graduates from Welsh universities are on average the lowest paid in the UK, a new survey has suggested. Almost a third in full-time employment earned less than £21,000 three and a half years after leaving Welsh universities. The study showed only 21.2% from England’s universities in the same boat. The Welsh Government said it reflected wage […]
A £20m initiative to get schoolchildren interested in cyber-security has been launched by the UK government. The Cyber Discovery programme is aimed at 15 to 18-year-olds and involves online and offline challenges themed around battling hackers. It is one of several programmes trying to build interest in security work and help fill a looming skills […]
Poppy Hunt would definitely like to earn a bit more money. Although she graduated in Fine Art from the University of the West of England six months ago, she’s currently working as a customer services assistant for Sainsbury’s in Bristol. “I feel overqualified at the moment working in a supermarket, because for this job I’m […]
Scrapping interest on student loans and extending the time limit on paying it back could help to avoid a future debt crisis, a centre-right think tank says. The UK 2020 report said the measures would “bring down costs” for students and graduates. Changing payback time limits from 30 to 50 years could also save billions of […]
There is strong public support to ban unpaid work experience that lasts more than four weeks, new research suggests. Three quarters of people surveyed by the Social Mobility Commission backed a change in the law to stop companies from exploiting unpaid interns. The poll of 5,000 people was published ahead of the second reading of […]
It was the year Australia went to war in the Gulf, when Monica Seles and Boris Becker won tennis grand slams in Melbourne, and The Simpsons was first shown on Aussie television, while a swooning Bryan Adams was a hit with love-struck teenagers (“Look into your heart, baby”). It was 1991, and the last time […]
Shares in plumbing supplies group Ferguson topped the FTSE 100 at midday after it reported rising profits and announced a £500m share buyback. The firm – formerly known as Wolseley – reported an 8.6% rise in annual revenues at its ongoing businesses, with trading profit up 8.7% to £1.03bn. Ferguson shares rose 4.75%, with the FTSE […]
Labour is forcing a vote in the House of Commons in a bid to prevent an increase in tuition fees in England. Fees are due to rise to £9,250 this year and then again to more than £9,500 for next year. Labour is tabling a motion for Wednesday that would reverse the tuition fee increase […]
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