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Undergrad figures boost for University of Surrey
The University of Surrey has reported that its applications are up by 35% compared to the same point in the cycle last year. The programmes showing the largest
increases in applications include Physics, Electronic Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Sciences as well as Chemistry, Economics, English and Languages. This follows on from the University’s
success in league tables, reaching eighth place in the Guardian’s ranking, with 10 subjects placed in the top 10. In addition, the University has
published key statistics which reveal £400m in campus investment since
2000, transforming the estate for staff and students. Professor Sir Christopher Snowden,
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Surrey, said: “We are commited to ensuring that the entire student journey from our open days to graduation is exceptional, and I am delighted to see unprecedented demand from high-quality students eager to come and join us.”
Cambridge primary gets training status
The Department for Education has supported the application by the University of Cambridge to establish a University Training School as part of its North West Cambridge Development. Located on the
North West Cambridge Development, the University of Cambridge Training School (UCTS) will be a three-form- entry primary school. The first priority of the school will be to provide a high-quality primary education to all its pupils. In addition, as a University Training School, the school will be closely linked to the University of Cambridge’s Faculty of Education and will join the well-established network of partner schools which work together to provide a PGCE programme that is rated
by Ofsted as outstanding. Marks Barfield
Architects, whose portfolio includes the London Eye, have been working with the University on the design for the purpose-built University Training School. The design will meet the site- wide ambitions for sustainability and be built to BREEAM Excellence. Public consultation on
the University Training School and the detailed design of the building will take place in 2014.
The North West
Cambridge Development is possibly the most significant capital project that the University of Cambridge has undertaken in its 800- year history. Outline planning permission was granted in February 2013 for the scheme, subject to approval of site-wide legal conditions and Reserved Maters Applications. The masterplan includes
3,000 homes (50% ‘key- worker’ housing, available for qualifying University and Colleges employees), 2,000 student spaces, 100,000 sqm of research space, a local centre and community facilities including a primary school, nursery, doctors’ surgery, supermarket and retail units, as well as all of the site-infrastructure and landscaping for the scheme.
HUDDERSFIELD WINS FOR WORK
The University of Huddersfield has come out on top of a
recent Times Higher Education survey looking at working in universities. The inaugural Best
University Workplace Survey questioned university staff on their impression of their department and colleagues, as well as feeling included in management decisions, performance of university leaders, job security, bullying in the workplace and the sector’s use of zero-hour and fixed-term contracts.
MIND THE GENDER GAP
New research from graduate-
jobs.com has shown that, on average, female graduates request lower starting salaries than their male counterparts when looking to start their career. It analysed the salaries
requested by a total of 498,696 graduate jobseekers over the course of 2003 to 2013 and found the average starting salary currently requested by female graduate jobseekers is £1,438 lower than male graduates. The current average requested salary for male graduates is £20,219, and for female graduates £18,781, a gap that is 44% wider than in 2003.
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