Emma Ferguson looks at the return to face to face teaching and how little is being done to facilitate the vulnerable.
Academic Staff Moving Towards Strikes on 25th November
The University of Leeds is one of sixty higher education institutions where members of the trade union UCU have voted in favour of taking industrial action. UCU represents most academic staff, including lecturers and professions,managerial […]
Politics Should Be at the Centre of Our Curriculum
Politics degrees have experienced a significant increase in popularity: UCAS figures have revealed that applications shot up from 34,275 in 2013 to 47,445 in 2018. In those five years, the UK has had two General […]
Students Pay Over £9,000 a Year for Less Than 2 Contact Hours a Day Nationally
Students are paying £9250 a year on tuition fees, for an average of less than 2 contact hours a day, a higher education finding reveals. The survey of nearly 30,000 students across the country suggests […]
An Hour’s More Sleep a Day Keeps Bad Grades Away?
A recent petition to allow later starts to the school day was debated in parliament last week, and was met with mixed responses from MPs. The petition, signed by over 180,000 people, argued that teenagers […]
The Mental Health Crisis In Teaching
Across the UK, teachers have started to leave the profession faster than their replacements are being trained. The resultant drain of qualified and capable teachers from our education system has left those who remain overworked, […]
Will TEF take effect?
House of Lords votes to cut ties between TEF and fees. The House of Lords has passed an amendment to the government’s imminent Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) that disallows any link between teaching standards and […]
Students to protest against TEF
The march against the Teaching Excellence Framework will take place outside the union at 2pm on the 22nd March. On the 22nd March at 2pm, there will be a student protest against the Teaching Excellence […]
New university ranking system to drive up fees
The government has signalled that it is preparing to abolish the £9000 cap on tuition fees, allowing them to rise with inflation. An increase of £250 is expected for students applying for 2017 entry. This […]
University of Leeds to raise fees
The University of Leeds have confirmed that they will raise tuition fees to £9250 in the 2017/18 academic year. A University of Leeds spokesperson said: “Leeds offers an outstanding education and student experience and we […]
A Language Assistantship Abroad…
Every year the British Council send over two thousand undergraduates and postgraduates abroad to teach English as a foreign language, in a programme which spans four continents and fourteen countries. The Gryphon explores the challenges […]
News | Third class degrees rewarded
Students are being offered thousands of pounds to follow a teaching career. The government is giving graduates an incentive to do a PGCE through bursaries, with students who finish their degree with a third in […]