Round up of the Week (18-7-11)

Every week we bring you a round up of all the student news from the past week, as well as the trends hitting the web at the moment. This week's includes 

Student News

‘UK Needs to Recover its Higher Education Reputation'

The head of UKCISA has claimed that Britain must create more international student scholarships to counter the perception that UK universities only want foreign students for their fees. Paul Webley, who is also director and principal at SOAS, emphasised the benefits that international students bring to UK higher education and to society more widely- "It is for our benefit that they come here, for the benefit of our students and our research."                                                                                                                                                                                   READ MORE...

How to Survive Looking for a Job

Many of you may have just graduated and will now be starting the long, arduous task of finding your perfect first job. Here is a light hearted guide to staying upbeat and maximizing your chances of getting that dream job. With helpful tips such as start a blog, get off Facebook and pimp your CV, reading this is may not get you employed, but it will at least make you smile.                                                                                                            READ MORE...

Internet and Technology

Women's World Cup Final sets Twitter record

The final of the women's football World Cup was held yesterday, and whilst it may not have been watched by as many people as the men's World Cup final, it did manage to break a Twitter record. The social networking site announced that by the end of the final there were an incredible 7196 tweets per second being sent related to the final.                                                                                                                                            READ MORE...   

A Little bit of Rain in Scotland

Who ever said it was grim up North? Well here is a video of just ‘a little bit of rain' in Perth (in Scotland, not Australia), that doesn't quite dispel that rumour.

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