King’s vice-chancellor says the degree no longer does what it promised
Shitij Kapur, vice-chancellor of King’s College London, has said a UK degree can no longer be described as a passport to social mobility — the graduate premium has narrowed, the entry-level market has contracted, and where you start still predicts where you finish. It is a striking thing for a vice-chancellor to say while charging £9,535 a year, and it is the frankest statement yet of what the sector privately accepts.
Ghanaian students in the UK face deportation over unpaid scholarships
Students from Ghana studying at UK universities are under threat of deportation because the Ghanaian government has fallen behind on the scholarship and tuition payments it promised them. Their visas depend on a sponsor being satisfied that fees are paid, so a funder’s default becomes an immigration problem for the student. Being an international student in the UK explains how sponsorship works.
Students told to leave a “luxury” London hall after a power cut
Students at one of London’s most expensive private halls say they were forced out after a power outage, with one describing being scammed out of £20,000. Private halls are governed by the contract you sign rather than by university accommodation rules, so what you are owed when a building becomes uninhabitable — alternative rooms, a refund, nothing — is whatever that contract says. Finding student housing covers reading one.