More than a third of graduates won a first-class degree last summer thanks to new Covid rules

More than a third of graduates won a first-class degree last summer thanks to new Covid rules allowing students to self-certify as sick and still get top marks for late coursework Proportion of students awarded first-class degrees rose from 28 per cent in 2019 Leap came as undergraduates studied from home as institutions moved online … Read more

More than a third of graduates won a first-class degree last summer thanks to new Covid rules

More than a third of graduates won a first-class degree last summer thanks to new Covid rules allowing students to self-certify as sick and still get top marks for late coursework Proportion of students awarded first-class degrees rose from 28 per cent in 2019 Leap came as undergraduates studied from home as institutions moved online … Read more

Kylie Jenner’s daughter Stormi graduates from bunny slopes as she snowboards during getaway to Aspen

Kylie Jenner and her brood haven’t let the COVID-19 pandemic deter their busy travel schedule over the last year. The pseudo ‘billionaire’ recently took her famous family to the snowy mountains of Aspen for a New Year’s ski trip. She gushed over daughter Stormi, who graduated from the bunny slopes Sunday, as the ‘little pro’ … Read more

Graduates are LESS happy than young people who did not go to university, study shows

Graduates are LESS happy than young people who did not go to university, study shows, as black and Asian degree holders gain higher happiness scores than white counterparts Those who attended university reported higher levels of life dissatisfaction  They also said that they were not as happy as non-graduates in the population  Black graduates had … Read more

Graduates are LESS happy than young people who did not go to university, study shows

Graduates are LESS happy than young people who did not go to university, study shows, as black and Asian degree holders gain higher happiness scores than white counterparts Those who attended university reported higher levels of life dissatisfaction  They also said that they were not as happy as non-graduates in the population  Black graduates had … Read more

Survey finds university graduates are more likely to think life is unfair

Think life is unfair? It’s likely you’re a university graduate: Survey finds fewer than one in three believe they get what they deserve University graduates more likely to think life in Britain is unfair, survey found Fewer than one in three believe they get what they deserve, researchers found But nearly half of those who … Read more

Anglia Ruskin university paid Instagram influencer graduates to promote its degrees

Instagram influences were paid to promote a university’s degree courses as part of a campaign to attract A-Level students – despite not being enrolled there. Bosses at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge say a dozen life-style, fashion and travel influencers were paid to promote the institution on Instagram in the weeks leading to this year’s … Read more

Anglia Ruskin university paid Instagram influencer graduates to promote its degrees

Instagram influences were paid to promote a university’s degree courses as part of a campaign to attract A-Level students – despite not being enrolled there. Bosses at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge say a dozen life-style, fashion and travel influencers were paid to promote the institution on Instagram in the weeks leading to this year’s … Read more

Nearly 3,000 Oxford graduates urge university to admit students hit by downgraded A-levels

Nearly 3,000 Oxford University graduates have called on the institution to admit students whose grades were downgraded amid the A-level results controversy. In an open letter, alumni called on the university to show ‘kindness and generosity’ to students whose marks had been ‘unexpectedly and unfairly downgraded by an algorithm’. Nearly two in five of teachers’ … Read more