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By seeta.bhardwa@…, 26 June, 2018

The rising rate of student mental health problems is a global issue and needs to be tackled with a "whole university approach", according to a new study.

The Global Student Accommodation Group (GSA), analysed more than 10,000 pages of evidence from more than 280 studies from the UK, Germany, Spain and Australia to understand how student well-being has evolved over the last decade. 

By seeta.bhardwa@…, 12 June, 2018

UK mental health charity Student Minds and Canadian organisation TeenMentalHealth.org have collaborated to create a series of resources to combat the mental health issues that can be associated with the transition to university. 

The two resources are freely available to students and educators at universities and schools and can be found here.  

By seeta.bhardwa@…, 27 April, 2018

HSBC has launched a mobile banking app and WeChat-based payment service for Chinese students studying in the UK to pay their tuition fees to many major universities around the world.  

The International Education Payment Service allows renminbi (RMB) to be exchanged into five currencies: the British pound, US dollar, Canadian dollar, Australian dollar and Hong Kong dollar. 

Customers can convert RMB on the system using HSBC China's mobile app or WeChat banking, without visiting a bank branch or filling in paper applications. 

By seeta.bhardwa@…, 20 April, 2018

The most popular undergraduate degrees among female students in the UK in 2016/17 were those allied to medicine, while the most popular subjects for male students were business and administrative studies. 

Course data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency were analysed by training course provider The Knowledge Academy to determine the most and least popular undergraduate courses in the UK in 2016/17. 

By seeta.bhardwa@…, 27 March, 2018

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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By Anonymous (not verified), 22 March, 2018

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.