Free vaccination offered before students leave home
Young people in North East Lincolnshire preparing for university or student accommodation are being urged to take free meningitis B vaccination. Following Jersey, the Isle of Man and Scotland, local health areas in England are now acting individually — there is still no national programme, so whether you are offered it depends on where you live. GP registration and staying healthy covers what to ask.
“Scottish citizens should be prioritised”: reaction to a closed clearing
Heriot-Watt’s decision to close clearing to Scottish applicants has drawn criticism online, with students calling it unfair. The cause is the cap on funded Scottish places rather than the university’s preference, which is the part missing from most of the reaction — and the reason the same thing will happen elsewhere.
Academic support, ranked: King’s lowest at 87.4 per cent
The National Student Survey’s academic support measure — whether students can get advice about their studies when they need it — puts King’s College London lowest of the Russell Group at 87.4 per cent. The figures are high across the board, which is why the ranking matters less than the question: if you cannot get an answer from a tutor, the personal tutor system is the formal route. Extensions and academic support covers it.
Where the new Cabinet went to university
An analysis of the higher education backgrounds of the new Prime Minister’s Cabinet. It is a parlour game with a serious edge: the ministers deciding on fees, maintenance and the loan system studied under a different funding regime from the one they are now responsible for.