The Student Finance (Review) Bill
A bill has been presented requiring the Secretary of State to review student finance in England, with the review obliged to examine loan repayment arrangements and thresholds. Bills of this kind rarely become law without government backing, so the realistic reading is pressure rather than imminent change — but it is the first parliamentary attempt this session to force the repayment threshold freeze into the open. Student finance explained covers the system it would review.
A ruling abroad exposes the hole in England’s duty of care
Washington’s Supreme Court has found a university owed a duty of care over a death during a fraternity initiation, and the comparison makes England’s position plain: there is still no settled answer to what a university must do to protect students, only case-by-case litigation after harm. It is the second time this month the duty of care gap has been raised. Student mental health covers what support you can ask for now.
Should you study psychology?
Psychology is now one of the most popular degrees in the UK, and this looks at what studying it actually involves — a science degree with statistics and research methods at its core, not a course about understanding people — and where it leads, which is far wider than clinical practice. Worth reading before firming a choice. Making the most of university covers matching a course to what you want after it.
Universities are talking to students; students are asking AI
A piece on how applicants now research universities: the first question goes to a chatbot rather than a prospectus, and the answer is assembled from whatever the model absorbed, not from what the university publishes. If you are choosing, the corrective is to check anything a model tells you about fees, entry requirements or accommodation against the university’s own pages.