News - October, 2008

Student complaints are growing by 10% per year, according to an independent adjudicator.

The ongoing credit crunch and banking crisis has resulted in graduates rejecting jobs in the financial sector.

Graduates are still rejecting a long hours culture, despite the insecurity in the job market caused by the credit crunch, new research suggests.

The credit crunch could be adversely affecting students’ degree results, the NUS has warned.

Students starting at some universities next year will be given a report card when they graduate, giving detailed breakdowns of their performance throughout their degree.

Twelve UK universities have admitted to losing a total of £77m invested in Icelandic banks.

Four UK universities are among the top ten institutions in the world, according to an annual ranking by The Times.

The row between the chancellor of Oxford University, Lord Patten, and the government has escalated after Patten’s views were derided as ‘outmoded’ by Universities Secretary John Denham.

Personal details– including national insurance number and home address – of two individuals have been inadvertently displayed to a student looking for work on the Debenhams website.

A video depicting an initiation ritual for a student society has sparked debates about whether the popular ceremonies are in fact forms of institutionalized bullying.