Year: 2010

More than 40,000 extra foreign students were allowed into the UK from just seven countries last year casting new doubt on the effectiveness of the Government’s “tough” new visa system. Official Home Office figures show 100,000 student visas were granted in the academic year to September 2009 – an increase of almost 40,000 on the […]

The dropout rate among students at Scottish universities is higher than the UK average, figures show. Some 9.9% of students in their first year dropped out in Scotland in the year 2008/09, compared with 8.6% across the UK as a whole. The Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa) figures also suggest pupils from state schools are […]

Who is affected when a college Tier 4 licence is suspended?   Students on Tier 4 visas  What the UK Border Agency says:  ‘Before you travel to the UK. If you have a visa letter that you got before your approved education provider’s license was suspended, and have already been granted permission to enter the United […]

Child student  You can apply as a child student if you are between 4 and 17 years old. If you are between 4 and 15 years old, you must be coming to the UK to be educated at an independent fee-paying school. Child visitor You can apply as a child visitor if you are 17 years old […]

The total income for universities in the UK rose by £2bn over the course of a year, official statistics show. Figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency show universities had an income of £25.4bn in 2008-09, compared to £23.4bn in 2007-08. The data indicates £7.3bn of this came from tuition fees and education contracts – […]

There is a new breed of high-achieving students who are spurning university in favour of work. Why?Jamie Ponting, 19, worked 25 hours a week at his local supermarket and still managed to shine as a finance academy student at Cirencester College: he got four As at A-level, as well as a distinction in his BTec […]

Good textbooks are more important for high attainment in maths than factors such as setting or expensive IT equipment, according to a new study by King’s academics into international comparisons of maths attainment in schools.   The study was commissioned by the Nuffield Foundation and undertaken by academics from the Department of Education and Professional […]

There are the so called diploma mills who aren’t accredited to offer online courses. They so often are misleading with the fact that they charge at a price and have you finish the course in the earliest time possible. Interesting? You might just find yourself wasting both time and money if you fall for this […]

BBCBy Hananh Richardson BBC News education reporter College principals’ pay should be capped, a union is arguing, as thousands of jobs in the further education sector are at risk. Unison, which represents support staff, says college leaders’ pay has risen by over 40% in the last eight years, up to as much as £184,000. The union […]

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