Student life

One of the things I was most concerned about when I came to university was the prospect of having to feed myself every day. In those first few weeks of student life, your entire world is effectively turned upside down, and good eating habits can easily fall by the wayside once you’re tempted by takeaway deals and cheap Pot Noodles.

Students in the UK are worrying about their finances to such an extent that it is affecting their mental health, according to research revealed today.

More than a third of students say that financial worries have an impact on their mental health, with more female students (38 per cent) dealing with the acute financial worries than male students (33 per cent).

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“It is hard to be what you cannot see.” – Marian Wright Edelman

German students are no less competitive than their counterparts in other countries. Let’s face it: we are a success-driven society. The old saying that Germans always aim for perfection, that the best is not good enough, holds true not only for the manufacturing industry, it certainly applies to our education as well.

The highest levels of graduate debt in key English-speaking countries are faced by English university graduates, a report revealed today.

Even compared with graduates of private universities in the US, on average English university students, who now pay tuition fees of £9,000 a year, carry the heaviest burden of debt upon graduation – more than £44,000.

One of the biggest lessons I learned from my undergraduate degree was not non-linear dynamics, or even behavioural neuroscience, or 20th-century harmony. It was that within most degrees there is plenty of room for freedom – but to exercise it you need to read the fine print and know the right people.

Mobile phones have a bad reputation within education, with the words “time wasters” and “distractions” being thrown around more often than a netball in a match. But what if mobile phones were proven to be helpful within education? I’ve found five mobile applications that have been godsends to me at university so far, and they help dispel the myth that mobile phone apps are useful only as procrastination tools.

The forced removal of international students in the UK accused of cheating on English language tests will be investigated by the Home Affairs Committee in a formal inquiry.

The National Union of Students welcomed the decision, which came after they submitted evidence to the committee on Monday outlining concerns with the Home Office’s response to cheating revelations.

University can be a big jump from high school, and for many it is an overwhelming change. The close-knit relationship students may have had with subject teachers at school; those many role models, who appeared to focus on your educational career alone, are replaced by a personal tutor who you might see once or twice in a semester unless you make the effort to seek them out yourself.