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Paradise found? How an American poet is helping overseas students feel at home

When Dante Micheaux, the award-winning American poet, rocked up in London last year at the age of 29 to undertake his PhD at UCL, he was shocked to discover how postgraduate and overseas students were treated.

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Inside Student

Star prices: students convene on the campus at Teesside University in Middlesbrough, where they pay on average �41.47 a week, which works out at the lowest in the country for those attending university

Reduce your rent by heading northwards

Students going through Clearing and looking for accommodation at the last minute will have to hold on to their wallets as they are facing a sharp rise in accommodation costs compared to recent years. The good news is rent still varies a lot around the country, with London and the South-east being the most expensive and the North the cheapest.

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Energy rush: Jobs in oil are losing their stigma

A competitive field: The improved perception of the oil, gas and mining industry is luring graduates

Times are changing. In the past, students have smeared themselves in oil and lain down before oil company stands at careers fairs in protest at corporate ethics. Now, many are coming to the big multinationals, more interested in a job. The numbers of graduates attending recruitment fairs for the science and engineering sector are higher than ever this year, according to the University of Oxford. "This is partly the economic situation, partly because the perception of the [oil, gas and mining] industry has changed for the better," says Jonathan Black, director of the careers service at the University of Oxford.

Clarity needed: the University of Oxford

Are league tables essential when choosing where to study?

No self-respecting undergraduate chooses their course provider without at least a peek at the National Student Survey, and often the latest league tables and college and university assessments. The problem for postgraduates is that the landscape is much more complicated. Such sources of information are at best confusing and at worst misleading. So what's the solution?