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Four in 10 of the first students to pay higher fees do not believe their courses have been good value for money, a survey for BBC Radio 5 live suggests.
Just over half say their university course has been good value and about 8 per cent are undecided.
The survey of 1 004 final-year students also shows 46 percent would do the same course again.
Universities UK said the last national student survey found 86 per cent of students were satisfied with their course. The survey, carried out by ComRes from 1-7 May, focused on undergraduates in their final year of degree courses in 2015.
These students were the first to pay higher fees of up to £9 000 per year, after the price of university tuition trebled in 2012. Many commentators predicted there would be a fall in student numbers but this did not happen.
29 June 2015
Goldman Sachs introduced new work hours for summer interns after Bank of America Merrill Lynch intern died from seizure induced by all-nighters.
Go home before midnight, and don't come back before 7am. Goldman Sachs - one of Wall Street's toughest firms - has told interns they have got to work hard, but not too hard.
27 June 2015
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1 June 2015
Three free online programmes, aimed at helping sixth-formers bridge the gap between school and university, are due to launch this summer.
The courses are due to begin soon after sixth-formers have sat their AS and A-level exams in June and July, when they will be thinking about starting university or applying for a degree course in the autumn.
The university-led "massive open online courses" (MOOCs) will be available on the FutureLearn website. The content includes choosing a university and how to apply.
Sheffield university is providing two courses on applying for jobs and courses and succeeding at interviews. The first includes writing covering letters and personal statements. The second is on interviews, covering how to research organisations, what to wear and how to deal with commonly asked questions. Both courses include input from employers and admissions tutors and are open to anyone, not just young people.
The third, from the University of East Anglia, includes advice from lecturers and undergraduates on the skills new students will need. This focuses on critical thinking, data analysis and how to sustain a supported argument as well as coping with the university environment.
31 May 2015
Research teams from Bristol and Newcastle universities say that dyslexia is not linked to any problems with eyesight.
They carried out eye tests on more than 5,800 children (3% of children have severe dyslexia) and did not find any differences in the vision of those with dyslexia.
This finding raises doubts about the value of using coloured overlays or lenses to help dyslexic children with reading.
The confusion arises from the fact that minority of people who are dyslexic do find that text is significantly clearer when viewed through a coloured filter or lens - but some who are not dyslexic experience the same kind of benefit.
28 May 2015
Three of the four main English exam boards had made their papers too hard, according to exams regulator Ofqual.
The fourth board, AQA, has been ordered to make its papers more 'challenging'.
Exam boards have been preparing new, tougher maths and English GCSEs in response to government demands to introduce more rigour into secondary school examinations and to match high-performing nations like Singapore and South Korea.
The regulator came to these conclusions by analysing the results of 4000 mock tests of sample papers for GCSEs syllabuses due to be studied in schools next term.
25 May 2015
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. - Albert Einstein
18 May 2015
While I was updating my web site to make it easier to find and buy eBooks related to learning and education, I discovered - to my surprise - that both Amazon and Apple have free eBooks on their sites.
I have started listing eBooks - including the free editions - on:
mwls.com/shop/e-books.php
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27 April 2015
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