Manchester’s rents have risen 28 per cent above inflation in 21 years
Rents across ten University of Manchester accommodation blocks have risen by an average of 133 per cent since 2004 — 28 per cent above inflation — and further rises are proposed, with the students’ union saying students face a crisis. University halls are often assumed to be the affordable option; over two decades they have been the fastest-rising cost a student faces. Finding student housing covers the comparison worth making.
The Financial Times ranks universities by employer preference
An FT ranking of Russell Group universities by graduate employment outcomes puts Cambridge first. Rankings built on employer surveys measure reputation among recruiters, which is real but self-reinforcing, and they tell you less about a specific course than the subject-level destination data your department can supply. Graduate jobs in the UK covers what to ask for.
Why assessment goes wrong in ways nobody intended
A look inside university assessment administration — the exam boards, the extenuating circumstances panels, the systems that have to reconcile them — and why a process this tangled produces the delays and errors students experience as indifference. Useful if you are waiting on a decision and wondering what is taking so long.