Student loan terms to be made clearer in England
Ministers said they would spell out that governments can change repayment rules and that different career choices can affect how much borrowers repay. They agreed to some but not all of the recommendations made by MPs…
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Government Agrees To Change How Student Loans Are Presented To Prospective Students
It comes after the Committee concluded that the actions of the Department for Education (DfE) and the Student Loans Company (SLC) in relation to how student loans were presented to people before they took them out…
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Fire at nursing home in Chile kills 16 residents
Ten others were evacuated after a blaze broke out at El Edén home in Pitrufquén, around 640km (400 miles) south of the capital Santiago, on Friday evening. Jorge Granada, a prosecutor leading the case, said it was not…
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We know how to prevent black lung, so why are workers still dying?
Yet a new wave of workers, from Appalachian coalminers to Latino countertop fabrication workers, are developing and dying from the disease as industry fights new protections and regulators fail to defend the rules that…
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Revealed: the university courses students regret – and those they don’t
When those who graduated in the summer of 2024 were surveyed 15 months later, more than eight out of 10 said they would still go to university ahead of any other option, despite a media drumbeat of pessimism about…
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AI may be denting computer science graduates’ job prospects, UK data shows
Data obtained for the 2027 Guardian University Guide published on Saturday shows that coding and software development were the fastest-falling occupations for graduates last year, while employer demand for graduates in…
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How to use the Guardian University Guide 2027
It's a big, expensive decision to go to university – and in the middle of a graduate jobs crisis, the stakes have never felt higher. This year's guide will help you figure out how to make going to university worth it…
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Methodology behind the 2027 Guardian University Guide
We regard each provider of a subject as a department and ask each provider to tell us which of their students count within each department. Our intention is to indicate how likely each department is to deliver a positive…
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Are You On Top Of Your Attendance Data? FE Soundbite Edition 864
We know life is busy, so here’s a snapshot of the latest announcements and epic thought leadership articles from sector influencers and thought leaders across FE and Skills this week on FE News. Gavin’s Reflective…
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Legionnaires’ disease outbreak kills one and infects others in the South Bronx
On Thursday, New York City officials announced that their municipal health department launched an investigation into a community cluster in parts of Melrose and Morrisania in the South Bronx, including ZIP codes 10451…
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