Students from the University of the Arts in London have deployed their creative skills to produce a music video to fight against reductions in their time spent in direct contact with tutors: The word on the street is that contact time could be reduced to save the College money. Cuts of around 25% will be hitting [...]
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But not if you're "too dark"! University of Bristol drop racial clanger with photo guidelines
Research indicates that ethnic minority groups are better represented in UK universities than in the general population. The University of Bristol has 10.0% ethnic minority students, below the 14.1% across the Russell Group of top research universities. Could this below average performance have anything to do with the university’s Card Services department? Their rather unfortunate photo guidelines for student [...]
John Prescott on student finance: "What you talkin' 'bout Willetts?"
Prezza is not impressed by universities minister David Willetts’ suggestion that students are a “burden on the taxpayer” and should live at home, attending an FE college to achieve a “prestigious degree”: But who knew Two Jags was a fan of Diff’rent Strokes?
