Tag Archives: Uni

Counting the cost of graduation day

Posted on October 9, 2013 by joeashby

Over the past few nervy weeks students the length and breadth of the UK have come to the end of an anxious wait as GCSE and A-level results are revealed. Those A-level students achieving the results they needed will, in … Continue reading →

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Should we be worried about advertising in secondary schools?

Posted on July 24, 2013 by joeashby

A few weeks ago I blogged about the NUS’s call to arms as it looks to recruit UK Universities into backing its new campaign to ban advertising from payday loan companies on campuses across the UK. A ongoing wider debate on the … Continue reading →

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Help! I didn’t get into my first choice uni…

Posted on May 1, 2013 by joeashby

It’s a nervous time for students across the country, many of whom will recently have found out if they’ve made the grade and been accepted in to their first choice university. With competition for places always high, some institutions will … Continue reading →

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Top Tips: Avoiding university fines

Posted on February 22, 2013 by joeashby

It has emerged that students in the UK racked up fines totalling £551,237.30 in the last academic year alone, following a Freedom of information request from the Guardian. Offences like drunkenness (shock horror); smoking and unauthorised parties have all rendered naughty students … Continue reading →