April 16th, 2011 → 3:10 am @ marc
Will the UK move towards the USA system with universities free to charge students what the market will bear for tuition. If so, it would free universities from state control on numbers of students and generally require students to fund their own education. Of course, the universities would provide grants to high calibre students whose parents were of modest means. (Oxford University already supports 30% of it’s undergraduates through their bursary scheme).
March 11th, 2011 → 9:22 pm @ marc
KPMG, the professional services firm, is extending its school leavers’ programme to Exeter and Birmingham Universities.
February 22nd, 2011 → 6:06 am @ marc
The current UCAS system is clearly creaking under the strain of the high number of applicants and a nine-month investigation into the system is about to commence.
December 21st, 2010 → 5:40 am @ marc
Research by the Centre for Market and Public Organisation at the University of Bristol found that law, economics and management were the most valuable subjects for study.
September 6th, 2010 → 9:21 pm @ marc
Employers continually complain of a shortage of candidates with qualifications in the STEM subjects, (science, technology, engineering and maths), and yet some of these groups show high levels of unemployment.
