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When Maddy Hoffman started her PhD in Perth in 2019, the stipend was $500 a week. The cheapest place she could find to rent was $300 – more than half her weekly income.If it weren’t for her…

Despite the stereotypes of university students living in ivory towers, they’re affected by the cost of living crisis like everyone else. New polling from the Sutton Trust last week showed…

British universities have seen the number of EU students enrolling halve since Brexit, with the decline attributed primarily to changes in fee status.Before Brexit, EU students paid fees…

The number of EU students enrolling in British universities has more than halved since Brexit – with sharp declines in scholars from Italy, Germany and France, figures reveal.Brexit is seen…

Georgia Townsend works with children who have special needs with English. Teaching is the only job she ever saw herself doing, but now she faces a…

The Scottish government could be forced to reconsider spending pledges to provide free university places and free personal care for older people in light of a squeeze on payments from the UK…

Giving friends and relations advice about crucial life choices such as whether to take a new job or start a family is immoral, according to a new paper by a Cambridge philosopher.Dr Farbod…

Never mind getting a place at Oxbridge – a child’s future earnings can be significantly improved by the quality of their teachers at the age of four, according to new research.The…

Students are skipping meals and relying on hardship funds and family support because of the cost of living crisis, with one in four saying they are in danger of dropping out of university,…

Big pharma is unhappy about the prices it is being paid in the UK – a state of affairs the rest of us might instinctively regard as welcome, as it suggests the NHS is still world class when…