Postgraduate courses have become an important source of income for universities, particularly from overseas students.

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The campus will offer postgraduate courses for UK and overseas students in subjects including accounting, architecture and public health.

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The Sutton Trust says there should be a better system for providing financial assistance to students wanting to stay on for postgraduate courses.

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The change was most marked for part-time students starting the first year of postgraduate courses, where some 14% fewer students enrolled in 2011-12 than the year before.

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The National Union of Students is calling for reform of the way postgraduate courses are funded and last October set out detailed proposals for a new loan scheme.

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The study, carried out by Mori, suggests the internet is the most popular source for careers information, with 78% saying they used it to research career options, job vacancies and postgraduate courses.

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From September, it will be offering a postgraduate law degree, including the courses needed to become a solicitor.

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The British Council has yet to apply the nationality data to the choice of courses, but even under the old domicile measure full-time postgraduate overseas students outnumbered the UK students in three fifths of subject areas.

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It is hoped local students will take up undergraduate courses in the Ulster-Scots language, history and culture, as well as attracting postgraduate research and PhD's.

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