How not to write a personal statement
Teachers don’t necessarily give the best advice when it comes to university applications. Here are four tips you might want to ignore
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Busy academics: 8 tricks to ensure you always clock off at 5pm
Dave Sayers shares his tips on how to boost productivity
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The soaring cost of student living
The cost of living away from home in a big city to attend university is getting out of hand. Students from around the world share their stories.
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Why I choose to commute to university in Germany
Why would a student forgo the university experience to live at home with his parents? A student in Frankfurt explains why this is the most realistic option in one of Germany’s most expensive cities
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Poor personal statement advice ‘harms university chances’
Sutton Trust study finds teachers’ perceptions of what makes a good Ucas application are very different to views of admissions tutors
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Todd Rose: taking on the ‘averagarians’
Matthew Reisz meets the researcher challenging universities on their tendency to try and fit square pegs into round holes
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Alan Clarke, 1963-2015
A cancer researcher who greatly enriched our understanding of the processes of tumour formation has died
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Interview with Baroness Lawrence
We talk to the civil rights campaigner about making higher education accessible to all and how the UK has a long way to go to end discrimination
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The O2 and Ravensbourne: a perfect match between neighbours
Students get a chance to develop a wide range of creative skills at the neighbouring world-famous arena
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High rejection rates by journals ‘pointless’
Analysis suggests higher selectivity fails to increase journals’ impact factors
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Revolutionary Lives: Constance and Casimir Markievicz, by Lauren Arrington
A double biography of an Irish suffragette and a Polish count paints a vivid picture, says June Purvis
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Several London post-92s see falls in battle for students
Analysis of first Ucas figures after scrapping of student number controls reveals the ups and downs in recruitment as government aims for ‘rapid market share shifts’
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The week in higher education – 28 January 2015
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press
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Laurie Taylor – 28 January 2016
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