• London is the Most Cost-Effective City for Students!

    Natwest recently published their annual 2010 Student Living Index — an annual study of how cost-effective the UK’s major university cities and towns are for students, based on spending habits, and how students offset these costs. There were a few surprises in the top 10 cities, the most surprising of all being the number 1 […]
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    How to Sleep in Lectures

    We’ve all done it. Sleeping through a lecture that is, especially those 2-hour post-lunch afternoon lectures. Taking a nap and dozing off at such times can be the best form of instant rejuvenation for a student but is there a right way of doing it? Well, there is no science to it, but I can […]
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    Should Veils Be Banned?

    There seems to be a storm brewing around the issue of women wearing burkhas in public. As you may well know, the French have recently introduced and passed a ban on the wearing of the Islamic veils. The ban went through with a vote of three hundred and thirty five to one. Women who go against […]
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    Graduate Tax to be Considered

    If you have been following the news, you will have heard that Business Secretary, Vince Cable, proposed a variable graduate tax to alleviate the current ills of funding in higher education. The basic idea is that instead of paying University fees upfront, you pay nothing but then have to fork up repayment through a ‘graduate […]
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    Summer Rent: Should Students Have to Pay Rent Over the Summer?

    The University of Birmingham holds its last exam by the start of June. Term starts again around the beginning of October. This leaves a four month period where student houses are generally uninhabited. Yet almost all those renting houses from private landlords are contracted to pay rent for those months. In fact, the majority of students are forced […]
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    Record 70 Applicants Per Graduate Job?

    The Guardian reported that in a poll by The Association of Graduate Recruiters which included over 200 firms  (e.g. JP Morgan, Cadbury and Vodafone), the average number of applications per vacancy has soared to an all-time high of 68.8. In more competitive industries the figure can run as high as 205 applicants per vacancy. However, […]
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    Overheard at Manchester University

    If your University hasn’t got an ‘Overhead at ….’ facebook group then you are missing out on some serious banter and laughter. The idea revolves around a facebook group whose wall is open to students to post random tid bits from strange and funny conversations overheard somewhere on campus or around the city. This week, […]
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    G. Brown Prime Minister Rap

    Gordon Brown (G. Brown) rapping about the recession and holding it down for the G-Cabinet.
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    Overheard at Birmingham University

    If your University hasn’t got an ‘Overhead at ….’ facebook group then you are missing out on some serious banter and laughter. The idea revolves around a facebook group whose wall is open to students to post random tid bits from strange and funny conversations overheard somewhere on campus or around the city. This week, […]
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