Category Archives: budget
David Willetts: Student burdens and imaginative thinking
Universities are topping the news agenda again this morning. Lucky us. Or maybe not. David Willetts, the universities minister, has said that students should see tuition fees “as an obligation to pay higher income tax”. Oh dear. Then again, we … Continue reading
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Student journalism with or without ink
I’m not sure what to make of the news that some student newspapers are cutting print runs or cancelling issues altogether. The newspaper industry is struggling across the board. An increasing number of people are getting their fix of news … Continue reading
Textbooks: How do you get around the issue of cost?
Reading lists come and go, but the books you buy are likely to stay with you for a while. Some of the books I bought in my first year are still mine and I’m glad I was told to buy … Continue reading
Student loans & broke graduates
I’m amazed at news that around a third of graduates who took out student loans are still not paying them back. The payback threshold is £15,000. So there are around 400,000 graduates out there with loans, earning less than £15,000 … Continue reading
To work or not to work?
I was reading an essay entitled “Students’ perceptions of the effects of term-time paid employment” and it got me wondering how university life in the UK has changed in recent years with a greater number of students now undertaking part-time … Continue reading
