Rents compared across the university cities
A rundown of average student accommodation rents across UK university cities shows how far the same room varies by place, which is the single biggest reason two students on identical maintenance loans end up in different financial positions. If you are still choosing, compare rent against the maintenance loan for your household income rather than against other rooms. Finding student housing covers contracts and deposits.
University leaders warn of financial crisis as international numbers fall
New figures suggesting a collapse in international student recruitment have prompted university leaders to warn that institutions are at risk of going under, and to call on the government to reverse the tax on international fees. For students the consequence is not abstract: it is the mechanism behind course closures, larger seminar groups and job cuts already announced at several universities.
Graduate salaries by Russell Group university, and Oxbridge is mid-table
A ranking of Russell Group universities by graduate salaries puts Oxford and Cambridge in the middle rather than the top, which mostly reflects subject mix — universities heavy in medicine, engineering and economics rise, those strong in humanities fall. Read any salary table as a statement about what people study there, not how good the teaching is. Graduate jobs in the UK covers what moves starting pay.
Eight in ten teenagers say they would consider a degree apprenticeship
A survey of nearly 300 people aged 14 to 18 by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants found 80 per cent are very or somewhat likely to consider a degree apprenticeship instead of a conventional degree. It is a small sample and an accountancy body asking, so treat the number carefully — but the direction matches what UCAS and employers have been reporting for two years.
Missed your firm choice: what actually happens next
A guide to the hours after a results day that did not go to plan — what an insurance offer means, how clearing works once the phone lines open, and why the university that rejected you may still have a place on a neighbouring course. The decisions made on the day are hard to unwind, so the advice is to take the hour before ringing anyone.