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1. Fewer than half of students know about financial help on offer

   
   The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority 988
   towards poorer students A quarter of university students from low-income families are unaware of the almost £200m on offer […] shows. Students with family incomes of £25,000 or less are entitled to a minimum bursary of £319 each year, but some […] universities offer up to £3,150. Since 2006, universities have had to offer bursaries so that the poorest students are not
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2. Letters: MPs must vote with us – or pay the price

   
   The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority 988
   university leaders is designed to stitch up students with yet another inflation-busting hike in tuition fees. Students will not […] stand for this. Opinion polls conducted for the National Union of Students and lecturers union UCU consistently show […] raising our fees; when students entering university this autumn are set to graduate with debts in excess of £23,500, its not
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3. 70,000 students wait for loans and grants

   
   The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority 988
   12,000 disabled students left without funding for equipment and personal helpers as Student Loans Company flounders […] , leaving as many as 70,000 students short of money after delays in the processing system this year, new figures reveal today […] students have received none or part of their grant and loan money after the crisis triggered widespread delays, lost documents
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4. Harvard Stops Free-Tuition Program For Students Pledging To Go Into …

   
   The Huffington Post — Authority 952
   CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard Universitys law school will stop offering a year of free tuition to students who go into […] staff, students and faculty that the school will suspend its Public Service Initiative for future incoming classes […] . The university suffered investment losses while also seeing more students than expected look for public service jobs
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5. Deborah J. Vagins: Teach (and Treat) Our Children Well

   
   The Huffington Post — Authority 952
   punishment in schools today. American students are suspended and expelled at almost double the rate documented in 1974 […] punishments. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, African-American students are three times more likely to be […] suspended and 3.5 times more likely to be expelled than white students, and Latino students are 1.5 times more likely to be
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6. Students fight to clear their names

   
   The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority 988
   • Students freed without charge say lives are ruined • Eight forced to leave UK while two attempt to stay A group […] of Pakistani students arrested but not charged after anti-terrorist raids last April are fighting to clear their names […] after MI5 claims that they belong to al-Qaida or are a threat to national security. The 10 students were released without
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7. Anthony Jackson: Global Competence: The Knowledge and Skills Well Need …

   
   The Huffington Post — Authority 952
   new reality helps us more clearly define the role that education must play in preparing all students for success in an […] interconnected world. The concept of global competence has emerged as a way of articulating the knowledge and capacities students […] matters, too. It is with people from places like these that our students will collaborate and compete. Global competence
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8. Video: Pakistani students fight to clear their names

   
   The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority 988
   Pakistani students freed without charge after anti-terrorist raids last year tell Declan Walsh their lives have been
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9. Interviews with Pakistani students: I figured this was all a big…

   
   The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority 988
   11 men, 10 of them Pakistani students, arrested as part of the Operation Pathway raids across Liverpool, Manchester and […] -Qaida cell, bent on attacking Britain. Sharif and nine other students appealed against deportation but were refused bail. So he […] Pakistani cities, the Guardian spoke to seven of the eight students who have returned home. They say they are the victims of a
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10. Report: Minorities, low-income students lag in college success

    
    The Washington Post — Authority 961
    A new report, billed as one of the most comprehensive studies to date of how low-income and minority students fare in
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