Students Debate Support for UCU Strikes
Friday, 18 February marked the 5th day of a 10 day strike by the Universities and Colleges Union (UCU) against the University of Edinburgh, bringing the perennial debate over student…
The Student on Education Reform
Stop monetising our university experience Why do we go to university? What is it for? Realistically, nowadays, many go solely for that (supposedly) prospect-enhancing piece of paper, and to delay…
Humanities degrees are crying out for reform
If you study humanities, then you’ll know the pain of slogging through seemingly endless reading assignments each week. Although this has been an eternal bane of students, past and present,…
New funding for university mental health services
On 11 December, the Scottish government announced a further £1.32 million in funding for colleges and universities to support student mental health, wellbeing and welfare. This has come at a…
PM pledges major reforms to post-18 education
From next April, adults with no Level Three qualifications will be able to undertake college courses for free. Speaking from a college on Tuesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a…
ASEF Capacity Building Training: An interview with Dr Edizon Fermin
Manvir Dobb talks to Dr Edizon Fermin, the Vice President of Academic Affairs at the National Teacher’s College in the Philippines, on the last day of the ASEF Capacity Building…
ASEF in conjunction with World Access to Higher Education Day
In order to raise global awareness around inequalities in access and success in higher education, the World Access to Higher Education Day aims to catalyse international, regional and local action.…
More than half of young people in higher education
In 1999, Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair set a 2010 target for 50 per cent of young people to go to university. This was finally achieved in the academic year…