A graduate employment ranking with Oxford 83rd out of 88
An analysis of HESA data on graduate employment puts no Russell Group university in the top ten, with Oxford 83rd and Cambridge 82nd of 88. Before drawing conclusions: this kind of measure counts the share of graduates in work or study shortly after finishing, which favours universities with vocational courses and local employers over those whose graduates take longer routes into professions. Graduate jobs in the UK covers what the numbers mean.
Budget advice for a term that costs more than the loan
The Guardian’s practical guidance for students facing the gap between maintenance loan and actual costs: track spending for a fortnight before setting a budget, check bursary eligibility at your own university, and treat the first month as unrepresentative. Hardship funds exist at almost every institution and are consistently underclaimed. Budgeting covers the method.
The fine print of the regulator’s new free speech powers
As a global academic freedom report lands and education questions are asked in the Commons, the sector is working through the detail of the Office for Students’ new regulatory powers on free speech — which took effect this month with a complaints scheme students can use directly. The practical question for a students’ union is what it now has to permit rather than what it may prefer.