Zombies take over Baltimore University curriculum
Posted on September 8, 2010
It is a class to die for - Zombie studies is now on the curriculum at the University of Baltimore. The new course, which promises to "get you ready for a zombie apocalypse", invites students to devour classic zombie films and comics. Read more
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Graduate tax would prompt top graduates to leave Britain, CBI warns
Posted on September 6, 2010
Business leaders believe tens of thousands would emigrate to avoid being charged for degree according to salary. Read more
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Gap years: Wasted youth?
Posted on September 6, 2010
Ever wondered what students really get up to on their gap years? A report from the Full Moon Party in Thailand. Read more
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Quango opposes crackdown on "Mickey Mouse" degrees
Posted on September 6, 2010
Civil servants who allocate billions of pounds to university teaching are secretly opposing moves which would ban spending on “Mickey Mouse” degree courses. Examples include: Third World Development with Pop Music, Dance with Equine Studies, joint honours in Waste Management and Dance, Equestrian Psychology, joint honours degree in Criminology and Pop Music Production, Geology and Popular Culture. Read more
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US students drowning in debt
Posted on September 4, 2010
A ticking time bomb of American debt. Over $830 billion are owed by college students in the US with $3 thousand more added on every second. The most traditional financial baggage for Americans was credit card debt. For the first time, debt belonging to college students has over taken that number one spot. Economist Max Wolff said, “Students graduating in 2008, 2009 and 2010 are facing the worst job markets in a generation at least. And so you have people with more debt that we have ever seen before, who are having a harder time finding any job, let alone a job that pays them enough to somehow pay off all this debt.”
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    • University league table
    Posted on September 2, 2010
    All UK universities ranked by the Guardian according to teaching excellence
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    University guide 2011 subjects
    Posted on September 2, 2010
    Our university league tables cover full-time, undergraduate courses at higher education institutions in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and are aimed at those wanting to start university in the 2011-12 academic year.
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    Imperial College to establish medical school in Singapore
    Posted on September 1, 2010
    Imperial College London is to set up a new medical school in Singapore in the latest move by an elite British university to establish a presence in Asia. Jointly run by Imperial and Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, the medical school will teach over 750 students when it is fully established, the majority of whom will be local residents.
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    University Attendance Scanners Make Some Uneasy
    Posted on August 31, 2010
    When classes begin on Monday, some students at Northern Arizona University will have a little extra incentive to roll out of bed for that 8 a.m. calculus class. The school is installing electronic scanners outside some large lecture halls to track attendance. NAU may be the first American educational institution to try the technology.
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    Gap-year students learn to give 'face' in China
    Posted on August 31, 2010
    Foreign internships boom as British students and graduates get the 'uncomfortable' sense that China may soon be where the jobs are.
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