May has called for universities to provide students better value for money, admitting the previous Conservative government’s plans had made English higher education “one of the most expensive systems of university tuition in the world”.
Good GCSE and A-level results can open doors to university and future jobs, but the majority of parents offer their children extra incentives for good grades, with prizes ranging from holidays to cars.
The University of Sheffield has been rated as the best place to study by students in this year’s Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey.
The government is to sell off £900 million of student loans to the private sector in its continued effort to balance the nation’s finances.
The Canadian Dalhousie University has set up a “puppy room” to help de-stress students during exams