The proportion of students graduating with firsts has increased significantly in England over the past eight years, with the Office for Students, the higher education regulator, often not being able to explain some of these […]
Are we Wasting our Time with Arts and Humanities Degrees?
In a generation tormented with the increasing pressures of achieving financial stability, a growing number of students are opting for STEM subjects and careers rather than the supposedly “indulgent” arts and humanities discipline. An important […]
Young Graduates Need a Postgraduate Qualification to Get Ahead in Earnings
New income data released by the UK government has suggested that young graduates in England need a postgraduate degree if they want to earn significantly more. The UK Department of Education recently published the graduate […]
University Poised To Introduce GPA System
Following participation in a successful Higher Education Academy pilot scheme, The University of Leeds is considering the possibility of introducing a grade point average system. The GPA system would run concurrently with the traditional degree classification system, but where the latter does […]
“Fast-track” for your money back?
As you may or may not know, the UK government is trying to introduce fast-track university degrees nationwide. The policy was a key focal point of the new Higher Education and Research Act, which was […]
Four Year Degrees: the Answer to Britain’s Skills Shortage?
Over-specialisation at an early age is one reason behind Britain’s ongoing skills shortage, according to a former minister. Lord Willetts, a former minister for education, has claimed that the introduction of four year degrees would […]
The ‘Micky Mouse’ degree: media degrees deserve more credit
Amidst the plethora of essays that I’m currently working on (supposed to working on, anyway), it is difficult to take out time to pen down something. Yes, let us go back to the time when […]
Why I hate the word ‘networking’
I am a Literature student at University of Leeds. My life revolves around novels, plays and stacks of colour-coded notebooks. Last year, studying and getting used to living somewhere new was enough. But this time […]
The Arts: worth it or worthless?
The idea that a Bachelor of Arts degree is useless is by no means a new one. For years the debate between choosing to study something you love, or studying something that will earn you […]
How to get into fashion without a degree in fashion
Sometimes it is too late once you have committed to a degree and half way through realizing you want to go into fashion. You can’t really swap or you don’t know what bit of fashion […]
Buy a First Class Degree
25.01.13 An investigation by Leeds Student has found that the University has no fail-proof way to detect whether students have bought their essays online. Current technology can only detect when content has been submitted elsewhere. […]