Women out perform men at Uni
It’s been a long coming but recent research has found that women are now doing considerably better than their male counterparts at university are.
The study compiled by the Higher Education Policy Institute shows that places at the top universities are likely to go to women, who are going on to get better grades too.
This [...]
Education may not affect loss of memory
There are several ideas about how education affects the risk of memory loss and other problems such as Alzheimer’s disease, the general opinion used to be that the better educated the person is the less chance there is of someone getting these problems.
However, it seems that according to recent research that this may not be [...]
Ten online learning tools
There was a time when the internet was predominantly used for educational purposes, but soon the commercial aspect got a grip and the rest is history.
However, for many people the internet can still be a place of learning and not necessarily in the conventional manner as there are many types of courses available online that [...]
The cost of going to University
Currently the tuition fees for going to university are £3,125 per year, these are set to rise next year to £3,225 per year. But if universities have it their way fees could rise to as much as £7,000 per year, in fact there are claims that a fee or £5,000 per year would not put [...]
February 2, 2009Studying in the UK
For overseas students studying in the UK is the first option, this is because that the education gained in the UK is of the highest quality and the qualifications are worth something no matter where you go in the world.
Currently it is estimated that students from around a hundred and eighty different countries are studying [...]
Did school swap work?
The other day the BBC2 programme Newsnight did a social experiment to see how pupils from an average secondary school got on when they went to top public school Wellington College, the idea was to try and make these kids realise that there is more to life.
However, do these schemes ever make any difference; there [...]
Leadership programme needs help
A student leadership programme that has been run through the University of Bedford’s, department of innovation are looking for local business people to step and help out developing the students understanding of the needs and requirements to lead from the front.
The programmes aim is to enable students to develop their skills in leadership. This will [...]
Why you need an education
At some point there is always a time when some people think does education really make all that much difference, after all the majority of those who are successful entrepreneurs are also known for being college dropouts.
This sends out the signal that you do not need to complete your course in order to be successful, [...]
University readying to welcome the Google generation
Universities and colleges are getting ready to receive the new wave of digital students, these are the first students to go on to further education who have grown up in the digital age, you may not think that this would have any effect on their further education, but it does.
The problem lies with the informal [...]
Students still flocking to the UK
Despite the credit crunch and the cost of living in the UK, there is still a booming market in students coming to the UK for their university education from countries all around the world.
This is because a UK qualification carries a lot of weight when it is time to start work and of course the [...]
Student gets degree in two years
A teenager is about to graduate from the university of Texas, nothing strange about that, but in this there is.
Andrew Brisbin was just fourteen when he started at the North Central College and went onto the university just a year later, now aged just sixteen he is about to graduate with a bachelor’s degree [...]
Great reasons to go to college
It has to be one of the biggest decisions that a teenager has to make, to go college or not.
There are plenty of reasons or excuses for not going, but what about the reasons for going to college, there are just as many for as there are for not going, these can be:
Apart of growing [...]
The truth about teaching
Teachers are finding that although their training covered what they should be teaching it failed to inform them of the real world and how teaching in this real word is far removed from the world of teaching that they were taught at college.
Here are some of the finer points of teaching in this real world:
Classroom [...]
Further education with help from the internet
In just a few short years the internet has change virtually facets of our lives, there is hardly nothing that cannot be done online and one of the main winners of the internet age is education. This means that no longer do we have to physically go to a college in order to get on [...]
November 25, 2008Is education the world currency?
We all know of the famous education dropouts who went on to become either very famous, rich or in some cases both, but what about those people who did not have the “Big Idea” and had to carry on to finish their studies.
These students put in time and money to complete their education and yet [...]
Weighing up the cost of college
Normally you would have thought that the best and at the same time most expensive colleges would enable the student upon qualification would then be able to get themselves a much better job than those students who went to a different college.
However, according to research this is not necessarily the case, because despite the [...]
University is not for everyone
Is there a status of going to university or are there students and families of students who are making the fact that their children have gone or are going to university making this into a status symbol?
This question arises every now and then where people it is where the children of parents are pushed into [...]
How to succeed in online learning
Taking a degree or some other further education can be very rewarding, but sometimes it is a good thing to thoroughly check out your chosen college before enrolling, there is nothing worse than starting a course only to find that it is not right for you.
The following tips may help you in deciding if online [...]
Where to get free online lectures
Learning online can be one of the most practical solutions for some people to gain extra qualifications while still working, this means that they can pay their way and not have to worry about the huge debts that some students end up leaving college or universities do.
However, there one problem and that is the fact [...]
University spends cash on bosses
It is often heard that schools and colleges are struggling to make ends meet. It is a sign of times and they have to make do as with any other institution. Yet one such place the Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) has kicked up a storm over the way that they are handling their finances.
In [...]