Going to university could help you to live longer as scientists discover every extra step of education adds 1.37 years to your life expectancy Researchers combed through data of more than 5,000 American people Race and income were not as strong life predictors as education level Each qualification added around one year and four months … Read more
A university student was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer at 22 after a holiday in Ibiza despite doctors telling her it was nothing to worry about. Nursery nurse Ellie Graham, from Liverpool, discovered a pea-sized lump after experiencing shooting pains in her right side last summer. Despite initially being told that it was most … Read more
One in five students would be richer off if they had skipped university with almost none benefiting financially from a creative arts degree Study found about 70,000 a year would earn more if they’d gone straight to work Institute of Fiscal Studies found almost no financial benefit in creative arts study Report based on earnings … Read more
All potential students could be made to apply to university AFTER they get their A-levels with results moved earlier and the start of the academic year delayed under proposals from watchdog Office for Students suggested scrapping predicted grades and university offers Post-qualification scheme would also tackle the rise of ‘attainment offers’ made OfS added the … Read more
Students at the London School of Economics have voted to ban all beef products from the Holborn campus. The vote was proposed by LSE’s Peta representative Phoebe Woodruff, who now wants all meat banned from the university. The college, which is the fourth-ranked university in Britain, has almost 12,000 students, however, the proposal to ban … Read more