Hardship fund hits hard times

Malcolm Ross   Discretionary funds have reached a “critical” level as some universities have run out of the hardship finance. Universities have run out of crisis funds to help those struggling to find enough money to continue their courses, with academic performance now being taken into account when applying for help.

Uni rebellion demands Gaza Aid

“We are defying the people who say that students are apathetic and I think we’re proving that actually if we stand up for what we believe in, it will get results”, Tom Wills, Occupy Sussex

Napier doesn’t make the grade in nation-wide student experience survey

Catie Guitart Napier University bottomed out in a UK-wide ranking of universities, according to a survey of students’ perception of their experience at university. The survey, the second of its kind and commissioned by The Times Higher Education Supplement, placed Napier University at 93 out of 101 universities in a poll designed to showcase universities [...]

New heights for Highland education

  Calum D Liddle A new super campus is to be created as part of the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) Millennium Institute. The new campus will involve a merger of the independent Argyll, Skye and Wester Ross and Lochaber colleges, into a campus dominating Skye.    

Graduates fall victim to the economic crisis

Ahmed Asif Thousands of university students face unemployment after graduation, according to a recent research. The study, conducted by High Fliers, an organisation that concentrates on studying the graduate recruitment market, suggests that thousands of graduates will face unemployment in the current recession, after compiling employment predictions from Britain’s top one hundred best known companies [...]