Spain is the number one destination for international students planning to study abroad, according to a survey conducted by GoEuro.
More than 5,700 students from 10 countries were surveyed by the travel platform, of which 18 per cent picked Spain as their top choice. The UK came in at a close second (16 per cent).
Course content and structure is the most important factor for UK students when choosing a university, according to new research.
In a survey of more then 2,000 people, carried out by student lettings app SPCE, respondents were asked to score a range of factors from 1 to 10 based on how important they were when choosing a university, with 1 not being important at all and 10 being extremely important.
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Universities are facing new challenges to provide adequate pastoral care as rates of mental health conditions among university students soar. Research from YouGov states that one in four university students in the UK are experiencing mental health problems, spurring universities to adapt their support services to ensure that individual students’ needs are met.
This year, the annual results are based on the responses of 20,251 undergraduates, who were asked to describe how their university contributed to a positive or negative experience on a seven-point scale, from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree”. Questions have remained unchanged since 2005 to allow comparisons across years.
Data are collected from October to June from full-time, UK-based undergraduates. There is a one-year time lag between collection and publication.
This year's Student Experience Survey finds Harper Adams University slips down to second place.
The news that Harper Adams University) in 2017.
“I am absolutely delighted,” says Allison. “But I am delighted principally for the staff and the students here, because I know it will mean so much to them.”
If you harbour ambitions to be a CEO at a FTSE 100 or Fortune 100 company, then heading to Harvard University would probably be your best bet.
According to data collected by Harvard University produced six of the top CEOs in the US and the UK using the FTSE 100 and the Fortune 100 as the dataset.
The University of Oxford were the highest-ranked UK universities, having produced five CEOs each.
London is the most popular destination for students, followed by Sydney, Melbourne and Manchester in second, third and fourth place respectively, according to research by Student.com.
Student.com, an online marketplace for student accommodation, compiled the list by looking at the number of accommodation enquiries between 1 January and 31 December 2017.
Almost two thirds of UK students and graduates have experienced sexual violence while at university, according to new research by Revolt Sexual Assault in partnership with The Student Room.
The partnership launched the first national consultation for students and graduates on this issue in a decade to demonstrate the scale of the problem.
The rise in mental health issues among students is something that all universities are aware of as they explore different ways of tackling the situation.
One approach is for institutions to provide mental health first-aid training to staff and students in order to help them recognise mental health symptoms and deal with them in a timely and sensitive manner.