Student life

I recently graduated with a master’s degree from Harvard University. Throughout the entire week, countless speakers and dignitaries – including Mark Zuckerberg and John Kerry – told us that I (and my classmates) would be the future leaders of the world.

But just seven years ago, it did not seem likely that I could pursue a college degree, let alone a graduate degree at Harvard. Growing up, I had always scoffed at academics and their “expert advice” because they often seemed so divorced from my reality.

Deakin University's School of Exercise and Nutritional Science has taken the first place position for the second year running in ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments 2017.

This subject ranking from the consultancy was published for the first time in 2016, highlighting the performance of about 300 universities with sport-related units and sport science universities.

US universities are the most likely to produce the highest number of millionaires, according to new research.   

Some 17 spots out of the top 20 were taken by US universities. These include six of the eight Ivy League schools (Princeton University). 

The London School of Economics and Political Science rounds off the top 20 table in 20th place.  

Rhea Halley is an adult nursing student at Robert Gordon University

I am a student at Robert Gordon University and am undertaking a three-year nursing degree. I am specialising in adult nursing and am reaching the end of my second year. RGU has a balanced course of practical and theory.

Owning a car is pretty pricey full stop, but even more so if you are at university and are paying for it through your student loan. If you are thinking of taking your car to university in England, take a look at which universities are the cheapest and which are the most expensive for taking and keeping your car. 

This is based on analysis into parking, petrol and insurance costs in the largest cities in the UK, based on this list. 

The most expensive universities for taking your car 

Your time at university will fly by and be over before you know it – just ask any graduate. How you use this period can help build a strong foundation for the rest of your life. I’ve spent the past 12 months interviewing more than 50 of the UK’s most successful students, who offered their advice on how to succeed during this period of your life. Here are 10 of their top tips. 

Before deciding to apply to universities in the United States, the idea of a women’s college was foreign to me. I was unaware of how many there were and was puzzled as to why anyone would want to attend an institution that only admitted women. I was naïve to the concept, having only ever attended co-ed schools my entire life. I didn't think that I would fit in at an all girls’ school.

The best-value European countries to head to for quality education are Italy, Germany and Finland, according to currency and travel money expert FairFX.

The company also looked at the top European universities, based on the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018, and analysed their tuition fees and living cost to determine the most affordable and the most expensive. 

Almost half of UK students and university applicants would be disappointed if there was a reduction in EU and international students, new research has found. 

The University Partnerships Programme’s sixth annual survey of 1,117 first-year students and university applicants (555 first-year, full time, undergraduate students and 562 university applicants) found that 45 per cent of the respondents would be disappointed if there was a reduction in EU and international students at their university.

Tips for succeeding at university tend to focus on what you can do to help yourself make friends and settle in with your peer group.

But taking steps to ensure that you have a good working relationship with your tutors can be just as important.  

Making how you work with your tutors as much of your focus as your social life can sometimes be the secret to thriving at university.