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Student wins underpass busker’s “impossible” national anthem contest

A Sussex medical student has been awarded £300 worth of free keyboard lessons, after he won a national anthem guessing contest hosted by a busker who plays regularly in the…

SNP talk free education at Aberdeen conference

The SNP Annual Conference from 15 to 17 October in Aberdeen saw Scottish Nationalist MPs addressing a range of domestic and foreign policy issues. Party leader Nicola Sturgeon told voters…

Complete University Guide ranks Sussex in 21st place

The University of Sussex has dropped to 21st place in the Independent newspaper’s Complete University Guide for 2012-2013, but has retained its place as the third best university in the…

Overseas students to be cut by more than half

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 migration. Home Secretary…

Final years forced to work

A research study has discovered that final year undergraduates spend longer working hours in jobs during term times, affecting their university education. The latest research, by the Higher Education Careers…

Universities face closure after budget cut by 40 percent

Universities in England are facing cuts of £4.2 billion by 2014-5, it was announced in last week’s Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), with teaching budgets expected to be hit hardest. George…

President of Students’ Union, Cameron Tait, meets Norman Baker MP

Cameron Tait, Students’ Union President met with Liberal Democrat MP for Lewes, Norman Baker, to discuss his views on the Browne Report. The meeting, on Saturday 16 October, involved further…

The Chancellor at No. 42

The new University Chancellor was announced last week as Sanjeev Bhaskar OBE. A writer and actor, Bhaskar is famed for his roles in TV comedy Goodness Gracious Me and his…

Atheist movement looks to mobilise students

The AHS launched last week to activate students in resistance to what they view as “growing pandering” towards religious groups. AHS is the abbreviated name of the National Federation of…

Government plans internships for graduates

The government has announced an initiative to provide three-month paid internships to university leavers, in an attempt to reduce the impact of a worsening labour market on graduate employment prospects.…

Students campaign for cheaper graduation

As many students prepare for winter graduation at the end of this month, some graduates are dissatisfied with the cost of tickets to attend the event. Graduation tickets for students…

Controversial professor ‘banned from Sussex’ dies

‘War criminals on the lecture circuit!’ ran the headline on the student newspaper when Professor Samuel P. Huntington came to speak at Sussex in 1973. The controversial academic, who was…

iPods: the lessons of the future?

The University of Derby has recently launched a new initiative giving ipods to students, pre-loaded with informative tutorials. The University has given 35 first year radiology students ipods, valued at…

UK students should study abroad says Higher Education Minister

Higher education minister David Lammy said last Tuesday that students in the UK must be encouraged to spend time studying abroad. Lammy said that he wanted it to become common…

UK students using prescription drugs as study aids

Early morning library users will be familiar with the sight of bug-eyed third years, surrounded by empty cans of energy drink, exhausted after having pulled yet another ‘all-nighter.’ However, The…

New international student legislation “appalling”

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 identity cards that…

Online CV fraud dupes job seekers

It’s usually the employer concerned about the legitimacy of CVs received, but last week jobseekers were being encouraged to carry out their own research into potential employers before they submit…

“Dumbing Down”: higher grades for higher rankings?

In a poll by the Times Higher Education magazine, 77% of 500 academics asked say they feel coerced into giving out higher grades to students in order to improve the…

Education system failing minorities, says new HE Minister

In the week in which Barack Obama may become the first black president of the United States, the new British Higher Education minister has warned that there is still a…

Landlords – fit and proper people?

Landlords may have to be deemed “fit and proper” before being allowed to let properties in the private sector, according to a new government-commissioned report. The report by the Law…