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Endowments could help postgraduate students
…Cambridge suggests these figures for most courses at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/students/studentregistry/fees/costs/coursecost/costs2013v9.pdf. Taught course fees for home or European students at Sheffield and Newcastle universities are typically £5000-£6000 a year, with research fees…
Conor Ryan: Apprenticeships must not accredit existing knowledge
…by converting existing employees into apprentices. Of course, in doing so they may give them new skills, but without robust checks they may simply accredit existing knowledge. That was something…
Poorer students have little knowledge of bursaries on offer
…offer. Government, schools and colleges should take note. Young people need better information on the complex system of bursaries and grants, and this needs to be provided before they have…
The class crisis in creative HE
…creative courses not covering the cost of those courses. Creative courses are seeing staff cuts and closures. In some cases, the institutions under most pressure are the ones who have…
Diverse, but not equal: Inequalities in Medicine
…unpaid internships to get experience; and having limited elective choices due to financial difficulties, while others can comfortably afford to head to countries like Dubai, Australia and the USA. The…