IF intern, Hugh Nicholl, looks into the findings of the Office for National Statistic’s latest student survey and outlines the worrying evidence of a student mental health crisis. Read more…
Tag: students
Students, don’t hold your breath for a student fee reduction
Liz Emerson, IF Co-founder, runs through the Department for Education’s interim response to the Augar Review
Why lockdown students are short-changed
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released research findings into the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on Higher Education students, in collaboration with Universities UK, Public Health England, the Department of Health and Social Care, the Department for Education as well as a selection of universities. Liz Emerson, IF Co-founder, investigates the… Read more »
Generational change: breaking the silence of the old
The COVID-19 crisis has coincided with worldwide Black Lives Matter protests following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis on 25 May 2020. They triggered the resolution of a long-standing controversy over a statue of Cecil Rhodes in the English city of Oxford. Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography… Read more »
University vice-chancellor pay: still a scandal
Are governing bodies demonstrating that they are heeding calls for pay restraint in the higher education sector? Liz Emerson, IF Co-founder, investigates
Vote early and vote often! How students can vote twice
At the forthcoming local elections, young voters should press their candidates about housing, travel costs and local services, says Angus Hanton, Co-founder of IF. They could also point out that wily students have twice the voting power
Many young adults suffer from chronic loneliness, new research suggests
David Kingman looks at some new research which attempts to understand the extent of loneliness among young adults in the UK
Student loan book sale: an £800 million loss
Jo Johnson, the Minister of State for Universities and Science, has quietly announced the completion of the sale of the 2002–2006 student loan book. Liz Emerson, IF Co-founder, investigates
Are universities even trying to create social mobility?
Angus Hanton, Co-founder of IF, looks at the social divisions in education – which are later replicated in the world of work
Student debt myth no. 3: The graduate premium makes the system fair
As concern about an unsustainable student finance system is growing quickly along with how universities are conducting themselves and delivering value to students, Ian Wells, PASD (Parents Against Student Debt) supporter, challenges some core myths in a series of five articles