Thousands of foreign students have said they won’t come to Britain to study for degrees if the courses were put online without a reduction in fees. Last week, university leaders unveiled a series of proposals for easing out of lockdown – which included using a ‘blended’ learning approach, with a mix of online and face-to-face … Read more
The country’s top universities could be forced to lower their offers as they anticipate a wave of deferrals amid the coronavirus pandemic Virtual freshers’ weeks and online lectures could see students defer this year A fall in international and UK students could leave institutions cash-strapped Vice-Chancellors said top universities are hoping to fill gaps by … Read more
Students will still have to pay full tuition fees even if classes are taught online and universities remain closed, it has been revealed. Higher Education institutions are facing a funding crisis after a predicted large fall in the numbers of students from overseas taking up places in the coming academic year, as reported by The … Read more
Universities to get £2.6billion government support package as they are told not squeeze in extra students amid coronavirus cash crisis This will give the Government temporary controls over student numbers Nearly one in five prospective students have changed their mind about university this autumn because of coronavirus Universities will be unable to take extra students … Read more
Give us a B.L.U.E! How cheerleading squads at Oxford and Cambridge are struggling to be granted official Blue status by university bosses Oxbridge came up with Blue status for students competing at the very top level Rugby, rowing and croquet are among the sports to have Blue status to date Cambridge awards Blues to its … Read more
Students have been left furious after several universities cancelled their graduation ceremony plans amid the coronavirus pandemic. Durham, Edinburgh and Reading University are among the institutions to have already broken to the bad news to final year under and postgraduates. Others have chosen to either ‘postpone’ or ‘continuously review’ ceremonies that are still scheduled to … Read more
Universities could face having to slash tuition fees because they ‘won’t return to normal even by autumn’ Universities may have to slash their tuition fees amid the coronavirus outbreak In the past two weeks universities have switched to online or remote learning Experts warned that students unlikely to accept continuing to pay full charges Coronavirus … Read more
Italy closed all schools and universities and prepared other emergency measures on Wednesday to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Europe’s worst-hit country as the death toll and number of cases jumped. The total number of dead in Italy rose to 107 after 28 people died of the highly contagious virus over … Read more