Despite rising tuition fees, a retrospective student loan hike, and the axe of the maintenance grant, Jo Johnson insists everyone in the UK ‘should be allowed to rise as far as their talents will take them’ http://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/universities-disadvantaged-students-poorer-figures-government-higher-education-a7170056.html
DetailsAround 500,000 of England’s poorest students are set to be saddled with more debt now that tuition fees have been increased to £9,250 http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/finances/student-maintenance-grants-loans-tories-cut-money-poorest-students-george-osborne-a7166031.html
DetailsPoliticians who ‘dangle the carrot’ of an average lifetime earnings premium should be ‘challenged for gross mis-selling’ http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/finances/graduate-salaries-not-justifying-tuition-fee-increases-england-oxbridge-university-intergenerational-a7166406.html
DetailsA UCAS survey of 16,600 students found that those with a clear idea of their ambitions from a young age were more than twice as likely to get into top universities when they were older http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/children-who-know-what-course-they-want-to-study-by-age-of-10-more-likely-to-get-into-top-a7146876.html
DetailsAustralian autism expert Craig Smith has devised a way of incorporating the hit game into his lessons to encourage austic students’ social skills http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/pok-mon-go-classroom-help-autistic-children-australia-craig-smith-a7144946.html
Detailshttp://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/finances/university-tuition-fees-uk-rise-9000-cost-how-much-higher-education-courses-a7148956.html
Report comes on the day another reveals boys are almost twice as likely as girls to have fallen behind by the time they start school http://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/Studies/young-people-are-the-most-disengaged-with-education-in-the-north-of-england-report-finds-a7142766.html
DetailsDespite the frenzy for places usually associated with Clearing, report shows applicants ‘must be ready to deliver a confident pitch’ http://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/applying/tips-on-applying-to-university-through-ucas-clearing-adjustment-what-to-write-a7150121.html
DetailsLeague tables of all 54 subject areas taught at UK universities, with listings of the courses available in each of those subjects https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/may/23/guardian-university-guide-2017-the-subject-tables
DetailsFind out the key information about each UK university, including fee, bursary and accommodation details https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/may/23/university-guide-2017-university-profiles-index
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