by Ellee Seymour | Dec 9, 2010 | Blog, News, Social Media, university, video
I have just spent two days in London and, although I missed the rioutous student demo against tuition fees, I did stumble across some festive students yesterday outside Somerset House who were singing their protests with a parody on our favourite carols. It’s...
by Ellee Seymour | Dec 4, 2010 | Blog, News, university
I remain convinced that the tripling of university tuition fees is regarded as an easy option for government to recoup funds towards the deficit, that today’s brightest young people are being unfairly targeted. I was also unconvinced by Danny Alexander’s...
by Ellee Seymour | Nov 25, 2010 | Blog, News, university
My grave concern about tripling university tuition fees is that it is a flawed business plan. A bank would not lend thousands of pounds on the pretext that it might be paid back ONLY IF the students secures a job with a salary of £21,000. With the proposed changes...
by Ellee Seymour | Nov 17, 2010 | Blog, News, university
A week after violent protests by students over the proposed tripling of university tuition fees, Nick Clegg was cornered by Oxford graduate Portia Murray who asked him to defend the promise Liberal Democrats made not to increase fees in their 2010 election manifesto....
by Ellee Seymour | Oct 30, 2010 | News, university
They say it’s not what you know, but who you know, and never has this been more essential than now for our troubled universities facing huge uncertainties over future funding. It means they actively need the support of any influential and glittering alumni...
by Ellee Seymour | Oct 25, 2010 | News, university
I learned about a very special woman last week during a visit to Girton College, Cambridge. This was established as the UK’s first woman’s college in 1869 and located two miles north of the city centre to discourage “marauding male”...
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