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Tuition fees leaving graduates facing bankruptcy Thousands of students may go bankrupt after accumulating huge debts at university, according to a study today.An estimated one in 10 could be declared insolvent after borrowing thousands to pay for tuition fees and accommodation, it is claimed. The study also warned that students are facing an 11-year "debt sentence" due to the increased cost of going to university in Britain. The majority of undergraduates are preparing to get pa...
UK university students could save £200 by choosing right energy supplier, uSwitch reports! UK price comparison and switching website uSwitch.com has revealed that UK students who are about to start university could save as much as GBP200 a year on their electricity and gas bills by choosing the right utility to supply their energy.   The website also revealed that students could save even more by paying utility bills by direct debit, while also avoiding late payment charges that can...
A councillor in Kent's university city is proposing a cap on the number of student houses because she believes overcrowding has become such an issue. Canterbury is home to the main University of Kent campus as well as Canterbury Christ Church University. Now Liberal Democrat councillor Jo Calvert-Mindell has tabled a motion for a limit of 20% student homes per road. But a student union representative said it would only "segregate students out of the local community" Ms C...
Cambridge University has become an unlikely supporter of the government in the row about whether or not A-level exams have been dumbed down.Academics at the university have praised ministers for introducing a new 'super-grade' A* with more difficult questions to stretch the brightest pupils. If the A* and other reforms are successful, they will consider withdrawing tough entrance tests that were introduced when confidence in the A-level slipped. Dr Geoff Parks, director of admissions at C...
A student who was raped in her bedroom during a party says that she now shares a bed with her mother because she is too scared to sleep alone. The woman, now 21, described the impact of the rape in a statement read out to Manchester Crown Court as Anthony Pryde was jailed yesterday for nine years. Pryde, 23, gate-crashed a student party last October and attacked the woman after he found her asleep at 4.30am. He ordered her to strip and then grabbed her around the neck so hard that ...
Lives may be in danger because of a lack of supervision for student nurses claims a new study. A poll by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) of 1,500 student nurses found that large numbers had been left unattended with patients contrary to guidelines which say student nurses should always be monitored. Only final year students may be left on their own with patients but only under prearranged circumstances. The survey showed 44% of student nurses had been left unattended without warning and wit...
Cambridge graduate hired by Sir Alan, but debate erupts over Wyvern status Cambridge University alumnus Simon Ambrose was chosen last week as the winner of BBC’s hit TV show The Apprentice. Ambrose, who graduated from Magdalene College in 2000 with a double first in Economics, triumphed over fellow finalist Kristina Grimes in a head to head battle watched by 6.8 million viewers. For their last challenge, the two contestants were asked to design an eye-catching landmark on London’s South Bank. A...
Philosophy dons may react with a stoic smile to the news splashed amongst the national press that Harry Potter actress Emma Watson intends to study the subject at Cambridge. She announced her intentions to further her education at the University in an interview with Tatler, which simultaneously offered revalations about her love-life. The magazine sought to emphasise the similarities between Watson, and her character, Hermione Granger, describing the latter as “definitely a feminist and very in...
Election of new Cambridge leader brings worldwide media attention Cambridge’s new Mayor has attracted global media coverage after announcing that both she and her partner are transgender. Councillor Jenny Bailey, who has served as Deputy Mayor since May 2006, was appointed Mayor at Cambridge City Council’s annual meeting last month. Bailey, a Liberal Democrat, has sat on the Council since 2002, before which she worked as a telecommunications engineer and as school governor for Chesterton Commun...
An attempt by two former Cambridge students to take their spoof song to the top of the charts this week is proving something of a success. “On the Facebook” recently entered the iTunes album chart and has so far peaked at no. 30, overtaking artists such as George Michael, Arctic Monkeys and Justin Timberlake. The track, composed by Tommy Hewitt Jones and Pete Foggitt, was intended as a satirical take on the popular social networking site. But as Hewitt-Jones told Varsity, “it has ironically bec...
Proposal to cut ties with universities met by wide condemnation The ongoing debate over the relationship between British and Israeli educational institutions re-appeared with a new intensity this month. At its annual conference on May 30, the University and College Union (UCU) debated a motion proposing the consideration of “moral implications” of British links with Israeli academia and asked members to question the “appropriateness of a boycott”. The motion passed with 61 per cent of those pr...
Corpus Christi/ Cambridge was shaken last month by the departure of the college’s Master and the Senior Tutor. In a statement from Professor Christopher Andrew, the college announced, with “regrets”, the resignation of Sir Alan Wilson “with effect from 30 April 2007”. The statement thanked him for his “contribution during his Mastership”. Wilson, a distinguished mathematician and former student of the college, had only taken up the position seven months earlier, in October of last year. This ...
Poor standards in written English and essay writing skills have prompted one university to draw up a list of approved proofreaders so that students can have their work checked. Marking Did you proofread this yourself? Bradford University has come under fire after the scheme was branded "spoon-feeding gone mad" by a critic who believes students having their work proofread is tantamount to cheating. Why not leave your views this and any other issues in our great new forum. ...
The internet search engine Google has been voted one of the top 10 companies students would like to work for in an annual survey published today. The company was a new entry in the Universum UK Graduate survey 2007, which polls the opinions of more than 7,500 final and penultimate-year students studying business, engineering, science, IT and the humanities. Google was ranked the sixth ideal employer by engineering, science, IT and business students and eighth by humanities undergraduates. The i...
USEFUL INTERNET LINKS Information about UK education and related topics British Council The British Council promotes UK education. This site gives information about British Council activities, including their English language teaching operations abroad. Also includes a search facility to find your nearest British Council Office. EducationUK A British Council website, featuring welfare information, links to colleges and universities and other information about coming to the UK to study. You can ...
The changing shape of the education ministry under Gordon Brown's premiership began to emerge today with the appointment of Ed Balls as secretary of state for children, schools and families and John Denham as innovation, universities and skills secretary, Downing Street confirmed. As yet there is no mention among the official announcements of the future roles of the higher education minister, Bill Rammell, or the schools minister, Jim Knight. The roles of Beverley Hughes, minister for children ...
University challenge With the sex industry now targeting students, more and more young women are taking a stand against lads' mags and lap-dancing clubs It was after a trip to see the film Sin City - in which female characters run the gamut from prostitute to stripper - that Laura Woodhouse became a feminist activist. "I went to see the film with four male friends," she says, "and suddenly the misogyny hit me. I looked around and my friends were all loving it and I felt...
When Anthony Kluk set off for Leeds University to read physics with two As and two Bs in his pocket he thought it was going to be the first day of the rest of his life: a bright new start in a brave new world. It didn’t quite work out like that. “Once I got to university I found myself repeating the material I had studied for the last two years. I was forced to spend hours in the laboratory doing what can only be described as watching paint dry. It was so tedious that going back to halls and do...
The average weekly rent for students in England has risen sharply over the past few years, the NUS and housing charity Unipol have found. Their report suggests that students at university in 2006-07 are paying up to 23% more for university accommodation than the students of three years ago. Currently, students can expect to pay an average of £82 in rent per week, compared to the £63 per week national average in 2003-04.  ...
 New mathematics GCSEs could leave students unprepared for A-levels, an independent committee of maths education experts is warning the government today. The Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (Acme) said the division of maths into two separate GCSEs "without a clear expectation that the majority of young people will take both" could mean that some pupils will not be exposed to more challenging maths questions. Acme has published a statement today calling for the governme...
 The government has appealed to universities to make a culture shift and embrace more courses led and funded by employers. Changes to the traditional academic year, the kind of students enrolled, the curriculum and where courses are taught would all have to be considered, higher education minister Bill Rammell told a Guardian conference of higher education leaders in London yesterday. Working people who study part-time "from the factory floor, open-plan offices and the front seat of wh...
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  Criminal gangs have got their hands on millions of pounds by enrolling 'ghost students' at universities in the UK, a BBC investigation has uncovered. The findings have exposed serious shortcomings in the student loans system. One fraudster managed to collect £65,595 in student loans, by enrolling in five separate degree courses at the same institution and having had a total 17 fake identities. He has now been convicted, but his crime is only the tip of the iceberg. The uni...
Students need clear online finance info, universities told University websites that prioritise student finance and use simple language rather than jargon were praised for their good practice in a new Office for Fair Access (Offa) report out today. The good practice guidance for universities and colleges was compiled following a small research study commissioned by Offa and carried out by Ipsos MORI in the autumn last year. The study looked at the financial information needs, ex...
Degrees continue to pay off for graduates Graduates can expect to earn about £160,000 more over a working lifetime than those with just A-levels, says new research from the vice-chancellors' umbrella group Universities UK. The difference is even more striking when broken down by subject, with the so-called graduate 'premium' soaring to £340,315 for those who have studied medicine or dentistry and falling to just £34,494 for those with degrees in the arts. Graduates typically earn to up to ...
 

Need a night out but don't know where to go..........................


I have here a big list of UK bars and nightclubs per area.
Since you have to directly click on the link to the city or county,
I will just provide here a link to the major areas and just click
on the link to the place where you want a list of clubs.

You will obvioulsy find other areas on their sites.

Anglia
http://www.ukclubs.tv/findaclub/mapanglia.asp

London
http://www.ukclubs.tv

Midlands

http://www.ukclubs.tv

Northern Ireland
http://www.ukclubs.tv

North East
http://www.ukclubs.tv

North West
http://www.ukclubs.tv

Scotland
http://www.ukclubs.tv

South East
http://www.ukclubs.tv

South Central
http://www.ukclubs.tv

South West
http://www.ukclubs.tv

Wales
http://www.ukclubs.tv


London Bars
http://guides.travelnow.com

London Pubs
http://guides.travelnow.com

London Nightclubs
http://guides.travelnow.com

Birmingham Pub Guide
http://www.birmingham.org.uk

Liverpool Nightclubs
http://www.clubsinliverpool.com

Liverpool Bars
http://www.clubsinliverpool.com/bars/ 

Small List of UK Pubs
http://www.ukpubs.com/layout/location.htm 

Amy Winehouse pulls plug on tours

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse has pulled the plug on all of her touring commitments until further notice. She is currently spending time in an Essex rehabilitation centre, the Causeway, attempting to stave off the cravings of drugs and booze. Her plight has been canon fodder for the press over the last few weeks and has perhaps culminated in a timely halt to a lifestyle of excess. A formidable talent, often described as the real deal, will hopefully emerge a stronger person and artist, if, as predicted, she’ll pull through this turbulent period of her life.

The Causeway’s gain will be this weekend’s V Festival loss. Lets hope she sorts herself out and gets back to the real deal of making music very soon.

Amy Winehouse's weird week took another twist today when the Back to Black singer checked back into a five-star rehab centre - just 24 hours after walking out.

The pop wildcat - accompanied by her junkie hubby Blake Fielder-Civil - is now holed up in the state-of-the-art Causeway clinic, on an island off the Essex coast.

But the troubled diva couldn't resist popping to a newsagent for a glossy mag before saying "Yes, No, Yes" to Rehab again. Maybe she's having trouble keeping up with her own crazy life!

The latest drama comes days after the troubled singer opened her heart to the News of the World, telling of her overdose ordeal:

And we can reveal, as the troubled star spoke of her ordeal for the first time, her dad grabbed her father-in-law by the THROAT at a family gathering set up to tackle her problems.

Amy is in hiding with husband Blake Fielder-Civil and both sets of parents at a five-star, £250-a-night hotel after last week's hospital drama, when she slipped into a coma following a three-day drugs bender.

Sitting alone at breakfast yesterday Amy told us: "It was just crazy—one of the most terrifying moments of my life.

"I don't know how to explain what happened. I don't really know myself.

Sorry

"I can't remember what I looked like. I couldn't recognise myself. It was terrifying—I was terrified.

"I was so out of control. It just happened. It shocked me. I'm sorry—I just don't know what got into me."

Wearing black shorts and a T-shirt and without her trademark beehive hairdo or black make-up, Amy, 23, said: "I never want to feel that way again.

"I've scared myself this time. I was all over the place. I know things have got to change. I have to sort myself out."

Picking at a croissant, the painfully skinny star then put on a brave face and said: "I'm fine. I'll be back at work on Monday. I'm fine, honest."

Tomorrow the singer, who won Best British Female at the Brit Awards this year, is due to be supporting the Rolling Stones in Germany.

When told her legion of fans were worried about her, she looked stunned and said: "Are they? God, I'm OK. Really. I will be back to work on Monday. I have to."

Amy's life was saved by Blake, 25—who rushed her to London's University College Hospital A&E at 1am on Wednesday morning. There Amy was given an adrenaline shot.

The young star, whose string of hits include Rehab and You Know I'm No Good, had smoked heroin, snorted cocaine, taken ecstasy pills and horse tranquilliser ketamine—washed down with whisky and vodka—during the London pub crawl that led to her collapse.

After her discharge from hospital on Wednesday night, she and Blake were ordered to the Four Seasons Hotel in Hook, Hants, by her parents Mitch and Janis.

They were joined by Blake's mum and dad, Georgette and Giles and, on Friday night Amy's worried parents called an emergency summit of family and friends over dinner in the hotel's bistro—without Amy, who was kept in her suite.

But yesterday the talks erupted into WAR—and Mitch had to be pulled off Blake's dad.

At one point, he grabbed Blake's father by the throat and accused him of burying his head in the sand by insisting Amy was responsible for her own downfall.

Amy was left screaming for him to let go, as they grappled on the patio.

The feud began when Blake's parents insisted he was blameless. A family friend told the News of the World: "Mitch has become increasingly angry that Blake's mum and dad don't seem to accept he has a problem. They blame everything on Amy.

"Mitch couldn't hold his tongue and leaned close to Blake's dad to tell him what he thought. That's when it all kicked off. Blake's dad started saying, ‘Get out of my face.'

The source continued: "He accused Mitch of trying to bully them. Then he started abusing Amy, saying some really nasty things.

"Mitch just flipped, got up, grabbed him by the throat and wouldn't let go.

"It was total chaos. Everyone was shouting, trying to get them apart. Amy was there, looking very ill, and she was shouting at her dad, ‘Let him go, get off him.' It was unbelievable."

The source went on: "You have to feel for Mitch. He's doing everything he can for his daughter. He wants her and Blake to get the treatment they need together, and thinks they need family support."

Blake, who describes himself as a music video assistant, has previously joked about smoking crack. He also idolises junkie Pete Doherty, who is writing songs with Amy.

But Mitch and Janis are worried about Amy's friendship with Doherty, as well as her relationship with wayward Blake.

A source said: "Amy's parents have known for years about her problems.

"They never accepted them, but they hoped it was something she'd grow out of.

"What happened this week was the final straw. They needed to see her on their own terms to try and get their daughter back.

"They don't trust Blake to keep her free of drugs so they are watching her while she goes through a cold-turkey detox.

"She is already looking better, and talking it out with her dad has helped her focus on what's important and what she wants from life."

Scars


Contrary to reports, Amy has NOT been to rehab since her overdose.

The source said: "They're still trying to find her a place. The doctors are with her and they're doing a whole load of tests.

"Then they are hoping to get her a place somewhere, and put her back on track."

Amy previously sparked fears she was coming off the rails when we revealed that she and Blake were self-harming together.

Pals told how the pair, who first met at a pub in Camden, north London, egged each other on and revelled in the scars they cut in their arms.

They even sported his 'n' hers slashes just a month after getting married.

Amy has also admitted to cocaine and cannabis use in the past—and told friends she fears she will die young.

But a pal said: "She's got to snap out of it. She's fatalistic and always has been but she has got to realise she's in control of her own destiny."


The St John’s May Ball doesn’t compare with any others. In fact, the only worry for the May Ball committee is whether they can better the previous year’s spectacle. Memories of Hot Chip and the glorious fireworks display had not quite faded as the ball got underway, but the magnificent lighting that turned St John’s into a fairytale castle for the night helped to concentrate guests’ attention on the evening itself.

Various tepees and the presence of a gingerbread house attempted to continue the fairytale theme, but most revellers took little notice, so engrossed by the plethora of food and drink on offer. While not fancy, the sheer variety of food kept even the most picky guests munching away.

Pizza competed with fish and chips in the front courts, while fajitas battled with hog roast on the Backs. For those looking for a healthier alternative, the fruit mountain was impressive while the doughnuts, popcorn and ice cream kept those with a sweet tooth smiling. Having glutted ourselves on the food, there was barely any time to taste the champagne and colourful cocktails before the fireworks began. Famed for having the best display in Cambridge, they didn’t disappoint and, despite the light drizzle, ball-goers turned out in force to ooh and aah the show.

Good Shoes, one of the ball’s main draws, put on an energetic performance of spiky indie-pop, despite having already played at Emma and Robinson this week. The crowd responded with equal enthusiasm and after jumping around for half an hour, many may have felt the need to take a break.

Fortunately, the multiplicity of chill-out zones, live jazz and comedy gave everyone a chance to recuperate. The latter deserves particular mention with the highly acclaimed Steven K Amos and Frankie Boyle delighting the crowd. However, with so much entertainment on offer, there wasn’t enough time to take in all the comedy, certainly not with Just Jack hitting the stage. 


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