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Gap between private and state school pupils going to top universities widens
A social mobility expert has called the latest higher education participation figures a ‘national scandal’.
Universities face ‘bleak’ future as student demand to fall after 2030 – report
There is an ‘urgent national interest argument’ for controlling the number of students that can be recruited by individual universities, a paper says.
Warning to students amid fears of rise in asthma admissions
Students have been urged to be alert as experts expect a rise in emergency hospital admissions for asthma.
Fall in visa applications by overseas students prompts fears for universities
Universities have warned of significant financial concerns due to a drop in international students following immigration rule changes.
Concern over new comedy movie depicting Belfast’s Holylands as ‘party capital of Ireland’
Movie is to premiere at Belfast Film Festival in November
University of Oxford to ‘reaffirm importance of free speech’ with termly event
Difference of ideas, or ways of expressing them, is ‘increasingly seen as a threat’, the vice-chancellor has suggested.
Covid-19 pupils and students ‘consigned to scrapheap’, minister claims
The number of young people out of work due to long-term sickness is up 29% since the pandemic, figures show.
The week I fell in love with Belfast - Alex Kane
Half a century after he left Armagh to live in Belfast and study at Queen’s University, Alex Kane recalls a week that shaped the rest of his life
Call for students to pay higher fees to help struggling universities
Universities UK said fees and government grants have not kept pace with rising costs.
78% of students say money worries are causing significant stress, survey finds
Some students have avoided checking their bank balance or socialising, Experian said.