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Why are more students achieving the top grades?

Thursday 5 February 2015Student Journalists

NUS Journalist Mariya Hussain writes on why the number of students achieving first class and 2:1 degrees has been increasing, with one in six graduates leaving with a first class degree, according to figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency.

NUS Journalist Mariya Hussain writes on why the number of students achieving first class and 2:1...

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The huge choice between degrees and appenticeships

Thursday 5 February 2015Student Journalists

There has always been a huge debate as to whether or not vocational or academic training is more effective when it comes to preparing young people, and giving them relevant experience for a future career, writes NUS Journalist James McCrory.

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The quality of SRE in schools is failing students

Wednesday 28 January 2015Student Journalists

Porn is a standard part of young people's lives in the UK, according to a report released today by NUS which is calling for a commitment to statutory and improved Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) by political parties in the run up to the general election by NUS Journalist Emma Jacobs.

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Lack of BME professors means our education is missing something crucial

Wednesday 28 January 2015Student Journalists

The people who teach us ought to be a reflection of the world around us. Our body of lecturers and professors should be diverse. However, higher education suffers from a terrible lack of such diversity with a UCU study showing that only 7.3 per cent of professorial roles are filled by black and minority ethnic (BME) professors, writes NUS Journalist Mariya Hussain.

The people who teach us ought to be a reflection of the world around us. Our body of lecturers and...

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How far have we come with pay equality?

Wednesday 28 January 2015Student Journalists

Being 15 years into the 21st century you would think that as a nation so definitively imprinted with liberal values and concerned with issues of equal opportunity and fairness, the UK would be leading the way when it comes to equality. You would think that, but sadly you would be wrong, eplains NUS Journalist James McCrory.

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