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The questions replacing the personal statement provide structure and should help students focus on what is important.
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Labour’s manifesto was largely predicated on economic growth, but the new government faces several problems too serious to wait for growth to kick in.
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Resolving the shortfall in university funding would require increasing tuition fees, government grants or international students, or reducing student places.
A student encampment in Durham.
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University leaders have struggled with how to respond to campus protests.
The Newton Building, where the Midlands 4 Cities event was hosted.
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I found myself in Nottingham recently, thanks to the Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership.
A student encampment at the University of Bristol.
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Universities have a difficult balance to strike between protecting student speech rights and ensuring campus safety.
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More mathematics graduates, from more diverse backgrounds, are needed.
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The arrival of international students provides opportunities for intercultural exchange within UK universities.
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International varieties of English aren’t ‘wrong’ just because they differ from native speaker English.
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As the use of AI grows, so too will the advice clients seek on AI-related legal issues.
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The application timeframe for the scheme may have limited the ability of students from poorer backgrounds to take part.
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Forget tax cuts: students will pay more of their future income in loan repayments – and for up to a decade longer.
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England’s universities get most of their income through tuition fees, and they can charge much higher fees to international students.
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Issues included poor wheelchair access in living spaces, inaccessible lecture theatres and broken lifts.
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People from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds make up, on average, 32.9% of undergraduates in England – but only 14.3% of professors.
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You can’t be what you cannot see.
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University maths departments are shrinking or closing.
Sir Eric Thomas was a patron and supporter of founding of The Conversation UK since its earliest days.
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Professor Sir Eric Thomas was a former VC of the University of Bristol and a patron and key supporter of The Conversation UK.
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Universities face growing costs but no prospect of increased funding.
Students are at risk of being exploited by financial and organised criminals.
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Higher education institutions are not explicitly included within the UK’s anti-money laundering regulations.