The UK is losing its students to foreign universities May 28, 2015 While international students are coming to the UK at an unprecedented rate, the nation's own students are increasingly choosing to head abroad. Research by the British Council shows how in 2014, 28,640 British students went to study at foreign universities – big increase from 18,105 the year before. And according to its new “broadening [...]
Best British universities to study economics ranked: Oxford, Warwick, Cambridge Surrey and Heriot-Watt make top five May 25, 2015 British students with ambitions to be the next Paul Krugman should be setting their sights on obtaining a degree from Oxford, Warwick or Cambridge. And other highly commended institutions were Surrey, Heriot-Watt, Leeds, Coventry, University College London as well as Kent. At least that's according to the Guardian's university league tables for 2016 which crunched results [...]
The world’s best economics, accounting and finance universities: LSE, Oxford, Cambridge and UCL make top 20 May 22, 2015 Accounting, finance and economics – choose to study any of these subjects anywhere and you'll be likely to land a pretty good job, but get onto a course at one of world's top 10 and you can probably go ahead start browsing the property section of Fortune magazine straight away. Read more: The world's best universities [...]
The world’s best universities for law: Cambridge and Oxford trump UK competition May 21, 2015 More Britons would prefer to be lawyers than Hollywood movie stars, but where's the best place to ensure the dream could become a reality? According to the 2015 World University rankings from QS, Cambridge and Oxford live up to their lofty academic reputation when it comes to law degrees. Cambridge and Oxford are ranked second [...]
The world’s best business universities and MBAs: Three UK schools named in top 10 May 20, 2015 Three of the top 10 business schools in the world are based in the UK, according to a new university ranking guide. The QS world universities rankings for 2015 has named London Business School as the world's top university for business and management studies, based on a combination of its academic reputation, reputation among employers [...]
How to get into the finance sector: The six university degree subjects most likely to land you a job in a London bank April 8, 2015 It's that time of year again – A-Levels are coming up, and students everywhere are trying to work out what to next. Aspiring bankers could do worse than to read up on new research by salary benchmarking site Emolument.com, which has identified the six most common degrees held by London bankers. At the top – [...]
London universities race ahead to challenge Oxbridge December 18, 2014 London's universities are racing ahead in the area of research excellence and challenging Oxbridge for the top spots, according to new research. The London School of Economics (LSE) snatched the number one spot for the UK university with the highest proportion of "world leading" research. Meanwhile, University College London (UCL) has overtaken Cambridge in the [...]
University degree gives workers £9,000 labour market premium December 9, 2014 Graduates earn £9,000 a year more than non-graduates, research released yesterday by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills shows. That figure covers the entire working-age population – ages 16 to 64. Young graduates, aged between 21 and 30, earn £6,000 more on average than their non-graduate counterparts. Graduates also enjoy a higher employment rate. [...]
UK university funding “unsustainable”: Students more indebted as government writes off loans November 18, 2014 The oulook for the UK's higher education sector is dogged by financial uncertainty, according to new research. A nine-month inquiry by think tank the Higher Education Commission found the coalition's reforms have put the sector on long-term footing that's "far from clear". The post-2012 reforms increased how much students pay for a university education to an [...]
UK universities rise in the world ranks with focus on science and tech September 16, 2014 The UK produced its best ever performance on the world's academic stage in 2014, with a record number of universities being included in the QS world university rankings. Six British universities made it to the global top 20 – more than ever before – while 19 made it into the top 100. 31 countries [...]