EU students are increasingly likely to choose other European countries for their studies, business school leaders warn, as top UK schools face up to 20 per cent increases in student ‘no shows’ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/brexit-blamed-rise-foreign-student-no-shows-top-business-schools-universities-a7418501.html
DetailsAcademics warn against proposals which they say will undermine free speech in universities http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/university-rankings-top-threat-snowflake-students-demands-a7516316.html
DetailsCutting-edge research, international collaboration and full funding: the project sounded too good to be true. It was. https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2017/jan/06/i-landed-my-dream-phd-and-it-turned-into-a-nightmare
DetailsBedtime stories can be comforting, chilling and mysterious, but new research highlights how emotions change depending on how children are doing it http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/reading-with-children-education-paper-books-tablets-health-technology-a7479061.html
DetailsA proposal may give 10,000 free places a year to low-income students, but private schools may not be a better fit http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/the-state-has-helped-poor-pupils-into-private-schools-before-did-it-work-a7469276.html
DetailsBedtime stories can be comforting, chilling and mysterious, but new research highlights how emotions change depending on how children are doing it http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/reading-with-children-education-paper-books-tablets-health-technology-a7479061.html
DetailsExclusive: Equity laws restated during the recent High Court Brexit case could provide hope for those being ‘exploited’ by ‘mis-sold’ student loans, argues Estelle Clarke http://www.independent.co.uk/student/study-abroad/news/student-finance-loans-brexit-article-50-illegal-and-unenforceable-says-top-lawyer-a7410261.html
DetailsSchools must reduce spending by 8 per cent per pupil by 2020 – the biggest real terms cut ‘in a generation’ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/government-schools-budget-cuts-3bn-nao-a7473186.html
DetailsThe difference in reading attainment between richest and poorest chidlren is largest in the US, where disadvantaged pupils are behind by about a year before they even start school http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/primary-school-inequality-gap-wider-than-it-was-50-years-ago-a7477901.html
DetailsExclusive: Equity laws restated during the recent High Court Brexit case could provide hope for those being ‘exploited’ by ‘mis-sold’ student loans, argues Estelle Clarke http://www.independent.co.uk/student/study-abroad/news/student-finance-loans-brexit-article-50-illegal-and-unenforceable-says-top-lawyer-a7410261.html
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