Biggest ever university clearing: Thousands of extra students will get college places after their results as institutions place ‘quantity over quality to earn some bucks’ Around 80,000 students could get a university place during clearing this year Figure is up from 73,000 from last August in the weeks after A-Levels results day MP Robert Halfon … Read more
Four Hong Kong ‘students’ aged 16 to 21 are detained for ‘urging independence’ from China in the region’s first arrests under its controversial national security law Three males and one female, aged 16 to 21, were arrested across Hong Kong The youths were charged with inciting secession from the Chinese state Police said the group … Read more
Tenancy agreements should have break clauses in the event of a second wave of Covid-19, plead students in rental digs 89% of students and 91% of parents would like such a break clause included It would mean being able to return home if their university were to close And not being liable for any remaining … Read more
1) University of Glasgow 31% of total tuition income paid by Chinese students £70million estimated income from Chinese students 10% of students from China 2) University of Liverpool 29% of total tuition income paid by Chinese students £89million estimated income from Chinese students 19% of students from China 3) University of Sheffield 26% of total … Read more
Trump ABANDONS policy to deport foreign students when their university classes go online after being sued by Harvard and MIT The Trump administration has reversed its attempt to force foreign students to leave the US if college classes are held entirely online this fall due to COVID-19 Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the decision on … Read more
Pupils could miss out on the exam results they deserve this summer as the system risks being ‘unfair’ for disadvantaged students, MPs have warned. The Commons Education Select Committee report said England’s exams regulator’s process for allowing students to appeal their grades if they believe discrimination has occurred is not accessible for all students. Education … Read more
A parrot called Griffin has humiliated students at the Harvard University, as well as local children, by beating them in a memory test. Harvard researchers compared human memory skills with that of the grey African parrot (Psittacus erithacus) – an animal separated from humans by over 300 million years of evolution. They compared how 21 … Read more
Schools in England could isolate up to 240 secondary pupils in ‘year bubbles’ under Government plans to safely reopen classrooms in September. Primary school class sizes are currently capped at 15 students to reduce the number of interactions between children, but these so-called ‘bubbles’ are set to double. In secondary schools, which are set to open … Read more
Students could apply to university AFTER their A-level results with the academic year starting in January under radical shakeup of admissions Move is being directed by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson Hoped change will boost social mobility by helping disadvantaged children In current system, students apply to university by January with predicted grades Predicted grades are often inaccurate … Read more
A group of University of Texas college students travelled en masse to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico for spring break – and 64 of them returned infected with coronavirus, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report reveals. The Texas group, dubbed Cabo 211, was by no means the only set of spring breakers … Read more