At universities across Germany, many students are benefitting from cheap accommodation offered by elderly homeowners in exchange for some help around the house. Antony Mason asks if this could work in the UK
Category: Education
Creative, arts and humanities degrees: worth the risk?
A few years after the rise in university tuition fees less immediate effects are beginning to emerge such as the decline in those willing to pursue creative degrees. As a young adult about to study English Literature and Creative Writing, Hope Barker discusses the impact of the increased fees on such courses and the process… Read more »
Will universities need to charge higher fees to curb their pension deficit?
David Kingman reports on the black hole in the Universities Superannuation Scheme, and the negative consequences this could have for future students
David Willetts calls for an extra 98,000 university places to be created over the next 20 years
Writing to mark the 50th anniversary of the Robbins report, universities minister David Willetts has argued that British higher education needs to be radically expanded once again, explains David Kingman
Are today’s younger generation worse-educated than their parents?
David Kingman comments on the findings of a new piece of research which suggests that England’s education system could be going backwards
How has the increase in tuition fees changed how young people think about university, the government and the older generation?
IF volunteer Meg Dyson explains how her generation has lost faith in the politicians since the rise in student tuition fees was announced
Are we infantilising today’s young adults?
Does childhood now extend until 25 in modern Britain? David Kingman looks at what might lead to such an assertion
IF Schools Essay Competition – “I said I’m living in a lost generation,” Rizzle Kicks
The Intergenerational Foundation, in conjunction with the New Statesman, has just launched its Schools Essay Competition. IF Volunteer Jonathan Hughes explores the duties and obligations between generations
Tragic death of an intern raises debate about City working culture
David Kingman reports on the recent death of Moritz Erhardt, a German intern at City investment bank Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Graduate premium: will you get your money back?
The headline figures from a new report suggest that a university education really does pay dividends. But the devil is in the detail. Antony Mason reports