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[caption id="attachment_14262" align="alignleft" width="549"] Illustration by Sophie Wolfson[/caption] Plagiarism and cheating: two words that students come across again and again throughout their academic experience at Sussex. Although…
International students have seen a disproportionate number of academic misconduct cases being brought against them in the previous academic year. 67 students facing academic misconduct panels approached…
A U-turn on a U-turn: drop-out fees for international students higher Controversy has arisen surrounding revelations that the University of Sussex has U-turned for the second time…
International undergraduate students’ woes were increased further before the start of this academic year after they were notified by the University of Sussex that their tuition fees…
The results of this year’s Rate Your Landlord survey has highlighted many of the problems faced by students living in and around the Brighton and Hove area…
More than one fifth of the university student population may be international by 2015, with an estimated 2,800 out of 12,600 population in total. An increase in…
[caption id="attachment_10411" align="aligncenter" width="551" caption="Many parents, both staff and students, rely on the nursery to provide childcare during the university week. Photo: Anna Evans"][/caption] The potential closure…
In an eight week public consultation that came to an end on Monday, the government has proposed alterations to the current student visa system. These could result…
Government advisers revealed that overseas students from outside Europe could be cut by more than half if the coalition is to reach its target for reducing net…
[caption id="attachment_8102" align="alignnone" width="588" caption="Many international students choose to study at Sussex amid claims of world-class teaching, but are they given the support they require? (Photo: University…
The Tories are set to clampdown on UK visas for foreign students, particularly those from Afghanistan and Pakistan. The proposal, put forward by Shadow Home Secretary, Chris…
A BBC news report has revealed that 70% of the tuition fee loans due to be paid back in 2008 by European students have remained entirely unpaid.…
[caption id="attachment_4090" align="alignleft" width="290" caption="Sussex students stimulate interest in languages (Photo: independent.co.uk)"][/caption] In an innovative scheme, three secondary schools in Brighton are hiring foreign students from the…
The University of Sussex is failing to keep its students who apply through ‘Access schemes’, new figures reveal. The figures, quoted in national newspaper The Sunday Times,…
[caption id="attachment_2640" align="alignleft" width="290" caption="The NO2ID campaign logo"][/caption] Starting this November, the UK Border Agency began issuing the new national ID card to non-EU students and marriage…
Part time work is now a financial necessity for most students during their studies – NUS research has shown that 90% of students work during holidays and…
Foreign-language films seem to come with an expectation to be arty and abstract, but in fact they’re found in all styles and subjects, much like the American…
UK universities have been warned to expect a significant decrease in the number of international students applying to study in the country due, in part, to the…
From the end of this month international students wanting to come to the UK to study will be subject to finger-printing, in a piloting of the biometric…
