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Wednesday, 14 May 2008

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Article of the month

 

Every month we publish a topical article by a member of one of our panels or someone working in Higher Education.  Our guest articles cover current debates on the student experience, higher education policy and student marketing.

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May 2008 - Article of the month

Kayle Brown

Should I stay or should I go?

Kayle Brown - 'A' Level student (Early Years, Biology, Chemistry), Carmel College

So everyone is making such a big deal about going to university. But does anyone else understand the fear dwelling up inside of me the more I think about it? I mean, my parents are all for it, but I'm only 17. What if all these plans I have made right now never become a reality, and ... » Read the article

4 comment(s) - Post a comment

 

April 2008

Ashley Hall

Social networking: The good, the bad and the privacy
Ashley Hall
'A' Level student (ICT, Economics, Geography and Business Studies), The Rochester Grammar School

The popularity of social networking sites such as Facebook and My Space has exploded over recent years, especially among students. ... » Read the article

2 comment(s) - Post a comment

 

March 2008

Lara Khoury

Doctors on the Dole
Lara Khoury
4th Year Medical Student, Newcastle University

For centuries being a doctor has been a revered profession.  This can be seen even today in the way most ... » Read the article

5 comment(s) - Post a comment

 

February 2008

Betsy Li

Sushi for dinner, anyone?
Betsy Li
4th Year German with Management Student, University College London

Whenever I used to go home from university to visit my parents, they would accuse me ... » Read the article

11 comment(s) - Post a comment

 

January 2008

Nicolas Barr and Iain Crawford

Why nobody need lose in this system
Nicolas Barr and Iain Crawford
Nicholas Barr is professor of public economics and Iain Crawford research fellow at the London School of Economics. This article was first published in 2006 - reprinted with kind permission of Professor Barr, London School of Economics

Many more people go to university following an enormous expansion of higher education. It has moved from an elite system ... » Read the article

3 comment(s) - Post a comment

 

December 2007

Emily Spaven

Why I'm going to drop out of University
Emily Spaven
Final year Journalism Studies Student, The University of Sheffield

I've had enough. I really can't stand it anymore. Tomorrow morning I'm going to ring my parents and tell them ... » Read the article

15 comment(s) - Post a comment

 

November 2007

Kate Webber

BA degrees - the fast track to the temping office
Kate Webber
Final year English student, University of Leicester

Did you know just how useless your degree was going to be?  Undergraduates are always told to carefully pick their ... » Read the article

29 comment(s) - Post a comment

 

October 2007

Paul Gillings

Mickey Mouse Degrees - What Have They Ever Done For You?
Paul Gillings
Final year student, Southampton Solent University

Boris Johnson commented recently “There are hundreds of thousands of dur-brained kids sitting for three years in an alcoholic or ... » Read the article

11 comment(s) - Post a comment

 

March 2007

Patrick Ainley

Fees: Nicholas Barr has got it wrong.
Patrick Ainley
Professor of Training and Education, School of Education and Training, University of Greenwich

Professor Nicholas Barr’s assertion that “university is largely free” is largely false. As he explains it, HE is only “free ... » Read the article

14 comment(s) - Post a comment

 

December 2006

Esmee Hanna

Money can't buy you culture.
Esmee Hanna
PhD student, studying the changing nature of the student experience, The University of Leeds.
Esmee is supported through an ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council).

‘Fees’- the dreaded ‘F’ word is a huge area of debate within education, and not just in terms of policy ... » Read the article

10 comment(s) - Post a comment

 

December 2006

Professor Nicholas Barr

Take up fees: The NUS has got it wrong. Fees help the poorest.
Professor Nicholas Barr
Professor of Public Economics, London School of Economics

When I was a lad, students were leftwing and campaigned for progressive causes. So it's good news that, last weekend, ... » Read the article

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