May 2007

For information on news and events from May 2007, click on the headline to get the full story

Hobsons proud to sponsor THES awards 07.05.07

We are delighted to announce that Hobsons will be a major sponsor of the Times Higher Awards 2007 More//

UK-India initiative makes shaky start 07.05.07

The major awards for UK-Indian research collaboration which were announced at the beginning of the year are starting to filter their way down through the system More//

Sneak preview - usability testing for Study UK 07.05.07

As part of our exciting ongoing development of the Study UK website (www.studyuk.hobsons.com), in April we undertook usability testing in conjunction with leading web consultancy Webcredible More//

Graduate premium down by 60% in five years, says Universities UK 07.05.07

Why is the graduate premium such a statistical hot potato? More//

Czech Republic team wins Global Management Challenge 11.05.07

A team of five students from the Czech Republic were announced world champions of the Global Management Challenge at the International Final, in Macau, China More//

Dear Dad? a Chinese student?s prize-winning letter home 07.05.07

Yu Huai Zhang?s letter home has just beaten over 2,000 other entrants to win him �2,000 and the title of Shine International Student of the Year More//

Guardian agrees to talks over league tables 07.05.07

Following criticism from the sector, The Guardian is in the process of convening a review group to look at how its league table methodology can be improved. More//

What Laura tells us about Gordon 07.05.07

Remember Laura Spence, the straight-A, state-school girl who was refused a place at Oxford in 2000? With her champion, Gordon Brown, poised to become Prime Minister any day now, it?s a good time to review what the affair tells us about the heir-apparent?s attitude to widening participation More//

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