Students across Preston have been struck down with Mumps, less than a year after the worst outbreak for a decade.

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The Student Loans Company had descended into further chaos after 150 jobs have been axed. A further 45 jobs are to be relocated almost 200 miles away from Glasgow to Darlington.

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Youngsters in the poorest areas are 30% more likely to go to university than they were five years ago but young people from the richest areas are three times more likely to get a place.

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LARGE numbers of illegal immigrants are coming to the UK under lax foreign student regulations in the “biggest loophole in the immigration system”.

Major flaws in the new system aimed at clamping down on bogus students were exposed in a Home Office memo leaked to the Daily Telegraph.

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Another student places crisis looms as the government caps student numbers and cuts millions of pounds from the higher education system’s budget.

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The UK’s postgraduate sector is booming thanks to an increase in overseas students, a study has found.

Findings from a leading study commissioned by the British Library and Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) into postgraduate education has found that student numbers have increased by 12% by 2002-03 with the biggest growth area being masters degrees which has risen by 27%.

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The UK has spectacularly fallen to the bottom of the international education tables. with particpation leves lower than that of the third world.

The news came on the day the University and College Union (UCU) launched a cross-party group in Westminster to put UK education back on the map.

The UK has slipped from mid-table comfort, to the bottom of the table for developed countries. Continue Reading

When new students, think of university sports the obvious ones will probably come into mind, Football, Rugby or Hockey, however there are a range of other sports clubs that UCLan offers.

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It was late 2005 when ‘I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor’ came blaring out of the speakers with the rough’n’ready swagger of The Strokes, it began a tsunami of hype that could, and probably should, have seen them drown under the weight of self-confidence.
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University students from lower income families are missing out on bursaries. 

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