Universities correct the claim that international students take UK loans
UK universities have pushed back on a Reform UK policy that would bar foreign students from student loans, pointing out that international students are not eligible for them in the first place — they pay fees up front or through their own funding, and the billions the party says it would save from stopping those loans do not exist. Worth knowing when the claim reappears. Being an international student in the UK sets out what is actually available.
Six universities whose graduates earn as much as Oxbridge’s
Salary data puts graduates of six UK universities level with Oxford and Cambridge on early-career pay, which says more about subject mix and the London labour market than about teaching quality. Use tables like this to check that a course leads where you want to go, not to rank institutions. Graduate jobs in the UK covers what actually moves starting salaries.
The summer after graduating, and why it is harder than expected
A graduate writes about the months after the degree ends: the structure disappears, everyone disperses, and the job search happens from a childhood bedroom. It is the least discussed part of the year and the one most people find hardest. Graduation and life after university covers what to expect and what helps.
Readers answer the universities warning about their finances
Letters responding to last week’s warnings of a financial crisis make two arguments: that international students bring enduring personal and professional connections rather than only fee income, and that university leaders should shoulder some responsibility for a funding model built on recruiting ever more of them. Both are worth reading before accepting either side’s framing of why courses are closing.
What a social media ban would do to universities
An interim vice-chancellor sets out what a ban on social media for under-16s would mean for higher education, and the honest answer is a marketing problem: universities now reach applicants largely through paid and organic social content, and a cohort that grows up without it would have to be reached another way. For applicants, it is a reminder of how much of what you see about a university is advertising.