KPMG has unveiled its new plan to secure the best talent from the UK – pay for undergraduate stars-of-the-future to go to university.
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With the UK coalition government set to introduce new measures making the UK Points Based System one of the most restrictive in the world, many universities fear the worst.
Last week, HRH Prince Andrew, The Duke of York, officially opened the University of Huddersfield’s International Study Centre (ISC). The centre offers international students undergraduate and postgraduate degree preparation courses.
The Queen’s granddaughter joined thousands of fellow freshers for their first day at Newcastle University, where she has chosen to study her three-year degree.
Students in Scotland are more likely to drop out of university than elsewhere in the UK. Despite a small improvement on last year, the student dropout rate north of the border is 10.9% compared to the UK average of 9%, figures released recently by the Higher Education Statistics Agency showed.
Many subjects taught at so called elite universities in the UK have been reported as some of the worst degrees in the country, according to The Times newspaper.
The Guardian today reported that as many as 30,000 students could have their university applications refused, due to a dramatic rise in the number of mature students applying to study in an attempt to re-skill and beat the recession.