“The sky is going to fall”: a third warning in five years
Goldsmiths’ vice-chancellor has warned the university could enter a cash crisis by August 2027 as staff begin indefinite strike action, with the union pointing out this is the third such warning in five years. For students the question is not rhetoric but planning: what a student protection plan actually commits the university to if it cannot continue.
Students criticise an exam timetable that stacked the term
Warwick students have criticised their exam timetable as the assessment period ends, describing clustered papers and rising stress. Timetabling complaints are usually dismissed as unavoidable, but clashes and same-day sittings are grounds for mitigation at most universities, and the deadline to raise them is before the exams rather than after. Coping with exam stress covers the rest.
Four places down in one guide
Newcastle has fallen four places in the Complete University Guide, with Newcastle and Northumbria ranked 35th and 37th. Worth repeating as the rankings season peaks: a four-place move is within the noise of these measures, and the subject tables underneath tell you far more than the institutional position.