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NUS target Clegg over tuition fees »

The National Union of Students (NUS) has called on Nick Clegg to explain his party’s stance on the raising of tuition fees for students from England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The controversy surrounding the rise in tuition fees has been exace...

Wed 18 Jan 2012 by Greg Bianchi | Read more »

Students more at risk of mental health problems »

Students across the country are becoming increasingly susceptible to mental health problems as the pressures of rising debt and scarce job opportunities take there toll, experts have warned. A report released by the Royal College of Psychiatrists last...

Thu 06 Oct 2011 by Alan Robertson | Read more »

University occupies unwelcome territory among big boys »

The University of the West of Scotland's (UWS) decision to make their degrees, at £29,000, the third most expensive in the UK for students from England and Northern Ireland is, put simply, an astonishing one. It is a decision that is entirely ou...

Wed 05 Oct 2011 by Garry Quigley | Read more »

Burmese student activist speaks to students »

A former Burmese student union leader encouraged students across the UK to be more socially active at an event last week.   Ko Aung a former leader the Universities Student Union in Burma addressed the annual National Union of Students (NUS) confe...

Tue 20 Apr 2010 by Naomi Kennedy | Read more »

Million+ speaks out against concentrated postgraduate funding  »

A top university think tank has condemned those in favour of more concentrated research funding, saying this could damage the UK economy in the long run. Million+, who represent mostly post-1992 universities, produced a report last week in which they ...

Wed 17 Mar 2010 by Constantine Innemée | Read more »

Sussex students storm university in week of confrontation »

Hundreds of demonstrators defied a high court injunction at Sussex University last week to protest against funding cuts and demand the reinstatement of six suspended students. The students were suspended due to their involveme...

Mon 15 Mar 2010 by John Hislop | Read more »

Fewer Scots going into higher education »

Shadow Education Minister Claire Baker has blamed the SNP government for a meagre rise in Scottish university students and called for a review of the sector. Higher Education Statistics Agency figures show that in 2008/09 the number of English student...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 by Tony Garner | Read more »