http://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/postgraduate-study/?service=Rss http://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/postgraduate-study/experience-is-the-key-to-employability-849776.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/postgraduate-study/experience-is-the-key-to-employability-849776.html <p> Students eager to gain a postgraduate qualification in business in the UK are, for the moment at least, spoilt for choice. Whether you&rsquo;re after a Masters degree in marketing or a postgraduate diploma in e-commerce, the sheer number of universities offering these types of courses means that finding the right one should be relatively easy. </p> Postgraduate Study Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:09:02 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/postgraduate-study/a-recipe-for-success-849737.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/postgraduate-study/a-recipe-for-success-849737.html <p> Gastronomes looking to twin their passion for food with full-scale general management training need look no further than the south coast for what ranks as one of the first in a new breed of specialist postgraduate degrees in eating and drinking based in the UK. </p> Postgraduate Study Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:08:31 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/postgraduate-study/on-the-crest-of-a-wave-849770.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/postgraduate-study/on-the-crest-of-a-wave-849770.html <p> Kite surfing is a fast-growing extreme sport enjoyed by about 150,000 people worldwide. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve developed a twin-tipped version that runs perfectly in both directions,&rdquo; says Barney Townsend, 26. Like thousands of others, he has developed the business with the help of a Masters degree incorporating elements of innovation and entrepreneurship. </p> Postgraduate Study Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:01:37 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/postgraduate-study/leading-article-end-of-the-road-with-sallie-mae-849609.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/postgraduate-study/leading-article-end-of-the-road-with-sallie-mae-849609.html <p>Postgraduates who took out loans with Sallie Mae, the big American company, are to be left in the lurch because the corporation has withdrawn from the British market, owing to the credit crunch. This is a serious blow to large numbers of students who were hoping to fund the remainder of their programmes with borrowed money. It has certainly been a shock to the doctoral student Victor Schonfeld, who tells the story of how he discovered the story of his vanishing loan purely by accident, and will almost certainly have to abandon his degree as a result. The failure to inform students of Sallie Mae's decision to pull out of Britain is one of the most deplorable aspects of the affair. Royal Holloway, Schonfeld's university, said it had other, more important matters, on its mind; Sallie Mae says it was told it didn't need to. Whatever the reason, one would have thought both the university and Sallie Mae had a moral, if not a legal duty, to tell students that their precious source of funding was to dry up.</p> Postgraduate Study Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/postgraduate-study/scholarship-funding-cuts-have-appalled-academics-and-students-alike-844777.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/postgraduate-study/scholarship-funding-cuts-have-appalled-academics-and-students-alike-844777.html <p>For Canadian-born Dr Heather Bell, winning a Commonwealth scholarship to do a DPhil in the UK was "transformative &ndash; professionally, academically and personally".</p> Postgraduate Study Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/postgraduate-study/postgraduate-lives-i-love-working-in-the-lab-ndash-but-it-can-be-tough-844808.html http://www.independent.co.uk/student/postgraduate/postgraduate-study/postgraduate-lives-i-love-working-in-the-lab-ndash-but-it-can-be-tough-844808.html <p><b>Sarah Eshtan, 22, is doing an MSc in stem cell and regenerative medicine at the University of Sheffield.</b></p> Postgraduate Study Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:01 +0100