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International students question value for money as UK higher education costs surge

International students have raised serious concerns over whether enrolling in UK universities is worth the expense, amid rising visa charges, increased tuition burdens, and reduced quality of the university experience. Research by the Russell Group Students’ Unions (RGSU) has shown that average monthly living costs for international students are now...
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By , Jul. 20, 2025

Increasing financial pressures driving more students to live at home and reject typical ‘student experience’

Students are increasingly likely to be working part-time jobs during term-time and commuting to university, with growing financial pressures altering the typical ‘student experience’. The 2025 Student Academic Experience Survey (SAES) found that 68% of full-time students now undertake paid employment during term-time – a 12-percentage point increase from 2024. This...
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By , Jul. 18, 2025

The art of baking

With the university broken up for summer, we have weeks of freedom ahead of us. What better way to fill it than with baking? Baking is a wonderful hobby because it provides something delicious as an outcome, but the process itself is also great. Baking is mindful, as it gives...
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By , Jul. 18, 2025

Thousands of students caught using AI amid mounting academic integrity epidemic

The number of UK university students caught cheating using AI for assignments has rapidly increased in 2025, with apps like ChatGPT growing in popularity. Generative AI, while still a relatively new concept in academia, has been found useful as a guide or a grammar checking tool, and for helping students...
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By , Jul. 17, 2025

The best way to document your travels

Over my many years of travelling, I have had various methods of documenting the places I have visited. I initially used magnets to remember where I had travelled. From writing this article on my desk, I can see the multitude of magnets I have amassed. From Tallinn to Rhodes, to...
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By , Jul. 16, 2025