澳大利亚的每10名女大学生中就有1名在过去两年中遭受性侵犯。

这一惊人的数字是由澳大利亚人权委员会进行的一项关于校园性侵犯的新调查结果。它将进一步呼吁澳大利亚的大学采取更多措施来保护学生。只有9%的受害者向他们的大学报告了此事，其中一些人表示他们的大学未提供匿名举报的途径，或者会强制他们与施害者进行面对面的“调解”。96%的学生认为他们的大学在支持受害者方面做得不够。

一位幸存者告诉报告说：“我们课程的同学非常少。我感到太害怕报告这些事件。我不能采取行动来对付他，因为每个人都会知道。”

另一位说：“大学违反了保密协议，通知了营地的组织者（即强奸犯的朋友）我做了什么。人们对我散布了谣言，我被排斥出了俱乐部。”

尽管报告发现，女性受性骚扰的可能性是男性的两倍，但有2.9%的男性学生表示他们在过去一年中遭受了性侵犯。最容易受到侵害的学生是残疾人士或来自土著或托雷斯海峡岛民背景的学生。

报告呼吁大学引入专门的支持服务，并为住宿学院的性侵犯案件创建一个全国独立的审查流程。这些机构被发现是特别高风险的地区，因为它们通常有浓厚的饮酒文化、既定的入会仪式以及对女性的性别歧视态度。

一所此类机构的氛围被一名学生描述为“女性被描述为物品或奖杯”。他们说：“每周我们在整个学院的闲话中播报了来自其他学院的家伙夺得女孩的经历，你可以将你的经历提交给执行层，而在工作日晚上，我们会聚在一起听每个人的夺得经历。”

大学已承诺实施建议的措施来回应该报告。他们在媒体之前一周就收到了自己的调查结果副本，有时间制定回应。例如，澳大利亚国立大学在YouTube上发布了一段预先录制的视频声明。其他大学的反应可以在The Guardian上找到。

澳大利亚国家学生联合会的妇女事务官Abby Stapleton表示：“通常情况下，大学选择支持加害者而不是受害者，大学管理层更愿意将性侵犯事件掩盖起来，而不是采取措施来防止它。这些数字非常令人震惊，表明了澳大利亚大学制度性失职的程度。”

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Considering studying finance at a top European school? You might think the UK would be the best country to study in given its rich history as a financial center, but think again. In the wake of Brexit, France, not the UK, will emerge as the new financial hub of Europe.

Home to a handful of the continent’s largest banks and a financial sector of about 180,000 workers in the capital, France is on track to snatch more than 20,000 roles from the City, according to the lobby group Europlace. If you’re thinking of pursuing a master’s degree in finance, here are some more reasons to consider French universities.

France has some of the best finance courses in the world

This year, EDHEC Business School, one of the top business schools in the world according to our sister site TopMBA.com, saw its MSc in Financial Markets ranked as the best in the world according to the Financial Times, beating Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Imperial Business School and the University of Oxford.

EDHEC’s Masters in Finance programs train students in areas like corporate finance, financial markets, risk, portfolio management strategies, and strategic financial decisions, and feature a three to six month internship enabling students to experience life at the world’s top financial companies.

You’ll be right in the middle of the European Union

According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Eurozone is on the mend, and growth predictions in France, Italy, Germany and Spain are soaring, so you’d be sorry to miss out on job opportunities on the continent. Studying finance in France means you’ll have a much better chance of securing job interviews with European banks, top consulting firms and multinationals, such as BNP Paribas, Société Générale, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Unilever and Capgemini.

The best way to evaluate a university’s careers team and reputation with recruiters is to look at its graduate employability rate. To give you a benchmark, 84% of EDHEC graduates with a master’s in financial economics (track) move on to work in Europe for major employers like Accenture, BBVA, Crédit Agricole, Crédit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, EY, and Bluecrest Capital Management.

You’ll save on the costs of basic essentials

Accommodation in London can be notoriously expensive, with the cost of renting a one bedroom apartment away from the city center estimated by Numbeo as starting at £1,179 (≈US$1,530), depending on where you live. By contrast, France is the only country in Europe to offer housing benefits, known as CAF, to international students. Find out more about housing benefits here.

Healthcare in the country is also particularly affordable, with 70% of medical expenses reimbursed by the government if you apply for a carte vitale. According to Numbeo, France’s healthcare system ranks among the top 10 in the world, considerably higher than the UK’s (17th).

Your university should be able to help you find medical insurance and student accommodation in France. If you are still debating the logistics of moving to France for university, contact the university’s International Student Office and email them any questions.

France has relatively softer visa norms than other countries

Provided you hold a recognized qualification and are able to find a job with a wage higher than 1.5x the national minimum wage, you would be eligible to stay in France after graduation on a 12-month temporary residence authorisation. Once your 12 months are up, you would need to apply for a status change, which you can read more about here.

Not sure whether EDHEC Business School’s MSc in Finance programs are right for you? Read student testimonials, module details and tuition fee information here or get in touch with EDHEC’s admissions managers.

如果你正在寻找一所伊利诺伊州的顶尖大学，你会想到两所明显的竞争者。芝加哥大学(UChicago)和西北大学(Northwestern University)是伊利诺伊州排名最高的两所大学，并且都一直在QS世界大学排名®的全球前50名。从全国范围来看，目前这两所大学都在美国大学排名前15位。

当然，在选择大学时，需要考虑的不仅仅是它在今年世界排名中的表现。芝加哥大学与西北大学的比较没那么简单，我们来仔细看看这两所大学的对比。

*以2017年QS世界大学学科排名中的广泛学科领域为依据。

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在最新的QS世界大学排名®中，芝加哥大学比西北大学高19位，位居全球第九（比去年上升一位），而西北大学则是并列第28位（比去年下降两位）。 尽管（西北大学）排名下降，但值得指出的是，两所大学都是世界上最好的大学之一，在用于编制排名的各项指标中，都位列全球前300名。

 芝加哥大学因其在学术界的声誉而获得它最高排名（全球第13位），而西北大学最好的排名是其师生比（第37位），在这一指标上，它击败了该指标排名第52位的芝加哥大学。

从每所大学的研究影响力水平来看（以每位教师的引用次数来衡量），芝加哥大学的研究影响力排名在全球前50名之内，而西北大学也取得了前100名的成绩（第86名）。

最后，考虑到校园的国际多样性水平，两所大学在这里得到的分数都是最弱的，其中芝加哥大学的国际学生比例（前150名）和国际教员比例（218名）都是（相对）最高的。

学科优势

如果你还在芝加哥大学与西北大学的竞争中犹豫不决，QS世界大学学科排名可以让我们了解每所大学在46个不同学科的实力。在排名所涵盖的五大学科领域中，UChicago和Northwestern都在社会科学与管理方面取得了最高的位置（UChicago在世界排名第16位，处于领先地位）。除了工程与科技之外，UChicago在每一个广泛的学科领域的排名都高于西北大学，这表明任何新晋的工程师或计算机科学家都应该认真考虑在西北大学学习。

下表显示了芝加哥大学和西北大学在排名所涉及的46个科目中的直接比较。

地点

在芝加哥大学与西北大学的竞争中，另一个需要考虑的因素是他们各自的地理位置。两者的校园都在美国第三大城市芝加哥，在最新的QS最佳学生城市指数中，芝加哥排名第46位。

如果在美国留学时，风景优美、常春藤覆盖的建筑听起来像是理想的环境，那么芝加哥大学就能满足你。它的校园占地217英亩，位于该市海德公园附近，靠近密歇根湖，将传统的英国哥特式建筑与屡获殊荣的现代建筑相结合。除了主校区外，芝加哥大学布斯商学院还在新加坡和伦敦开设了卫星校区，以及芝加哥市中心的Streeterville邻近地区，这也是西北大学芝加哥校区的所在地，靠近当代艺术博物馆和约翰汉考克中心等景点。

西北大学埃文斯顿校区占地240英亩，是本科生院、研究生院和凯洛格管理学院的所在地。校园坐落在密歇根湖边，这意味着它有自己的沙滩。埃文斯顿校区大学还拥有私立大学中最大的大学图书馆之一，拥有460万册图书。埃文斯顿本身位于芝加哥以北约12英里，约有74,895人，所以它可能更适合那些不热衷于大城市生活的人。

学费

芝加哥大学和西北大学的本科学费对所有学生都是一样的(对于外州学生或国际学生没有单独的学费)。

在芝加哥大学，本科生的学费定为53,292美元，加上芝加哥大学的学生生活费1,533美元。校方建议学生每年预算75,735美元的校园生活费，这个总额包括学费、其他费用、食宿费、书本费和其他个人开支。研究生的学费各不相同，但给你一个概念，截至2017/18年，法律硕士（LLM）学位每年的费用为61626美元，而计算机科学硕士的费用高达69624美元，这取决于你学习多少课程。博士的费用也不尽相同，分子工程博士的费用为每年53,241美元。

在西北大学，本科阶段的收费也是类似的：每年52239美元，加上其他费用共计439美元。据西北大学估计，学生总共需要72,980美元来支付所有费用，包括医疗保险、食宿、个人开支和书本及用品。同样，研究生学费也不尽相同，法学硕士（LLM）学位每年需要64642美元，而信息技术硕士则需要49155美元。该校研究生院的博士学位每年需要52,239美元。

财政支持

在美国留学任何一所大学都有如此高昂的学费，你会很高兴地知道有经济援助。芝加哥大学承诺100%满足被录取的本科生的证明需求，平均每年援助申请者可获得4.55万美元的奖学金。第一年的国际学生既可以申请基于需求的经济援助，也可以申请基于成绩的经济援助。"需求敏感 "的程序，意味着学校会考虑到国际学生是否申请了经济援助。

如果你认为你在大学期间的任何时候都可能需要经济援助，你必须在提交申请时同时申请经济援助。大学的净价格计算器可以让你估计你的教育成本，并找出你可能有资格获得的经济援助。一年级学生会自动被考虑申请基于成绩的奖学金，而这些奖学金并不考虑你的经济状况。

西北大学还根据学生的实际需要提供财政援助，并承诺满足所有申请人的要求。2016-17年，该校发放了1.44亿美元的奖学金给本科生，45%的本科生获得了西北大学奖学金。这里可以找到该大学的净价计算器。每年有一小部分一年级国际学生获得基于需求的援助，同样，如果你需要援助，你必须在申请表上说明。提供基于需求和非需求的贷款，来自低收入家庭的美国学生也有资格申请联邦和州的助学金。

你可以在这里浏览一系列赴美留学的奖学金。

在芝加哥大学与西北大学之争中，你会选择哪个？在下面的评论中分享你的想法，并通过我们的完整指南准备好去美国留学。

一位86岁的祖母成为了布里斯托大学的历史上最年长的毕业生，她获得了教育学博士学位。

介绍一下，86岁的佩吉·斯泰尔斯博士，我们布里斯托大学有史以来年龄最大的毕业生 #BristolGrad pic.twitter.com/xUxtRocBNP

— 布里斯托大学 (@BristolUni) 2017年7月19日

佩吉·斯泰尔斯在学习期间患上了一种危及生命的肾部感染，导致她的学业被中断了18个月。总共花了她8年的时间才完成了学位。

她告诉记者：“大学绝对是太棒了，并同意暂停我的学业，直到我感觉好些。我决心要完成我的博士学位。”

86岁的祖母佩吉·斯泰尔斯从布里斯托大学毕业！ @BristolUni #Bristol https://t.co/dgGjkJDsrm pic.twitter.com/Jl0ed8WHQ9

— homecare.co.uk (@homecare_co_uk) 2017年7月25日

尽管她的家人在毕业典礼上陪伴她，但不幸的是，她的丈夫约翰去年去世，当时佩吉正在完成她的4.8万字论文。

佩吉1931年出生在英格兰，最初只以速记资格离开学校，年仅15岁。在帮助孙子奥利弗完成有关第二次世界大战的学校项目后，她受到了重返教育的启发。

主图：安德鲁·弗格（Flickr）

By Charlotte Stevenson

当你要到一个新的国家留学的时候，如果目的地可以自行挪到我们这儿来或者衣柜能像折纸一样随意压扁折起来带走，不用拿沉重的手提箱，那该有多方便。

不幸的是，这是不可能的，而且到国外留学一年也代表着你必须把你觉得需要的都收拾好带上。不过别担心，也并没有你一开始想象的那么费力。这里有一些贴心建议来帮助你在准备收拾行李的时候保持井井有条。

轻装！

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第一步会比你想象中的困难。尤其是你要为带上飞机超重的行李付费，所以你应该专注于只带一件行李。这样做也有一个优点，那就是确保你能决定优先顺序、避免带上不该带的东西。计划收拾的时候要想想你带上的物品有什么利与弊。比如，就算你非常喜欢你莎士比亚珍藏的作品（利），你也不会用到（除非你是莎士比亚学者），而且还会占用你行李的位子与重量（弊）。因此，留在家或者找个替代方式（比较轻的版本或电子书版本）会更好。

学着爱上列清单

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清单是我在为我到荷兰的收拾作准备时学到的一个非常有效的方法。这些清单有副标题（屋里的每一个房间），让我整理每一个空间应该带的东西。打勾了清单上的事，不但能够给你满足感，制作清单也是动力的来源——每个红色的勾就代表我向目标更迈进了一步。

你的清单在你到达目的地以后也是非常有用的，因为能够让你更快意识到因行李装不下而需要购买的东西。清单可以包含额外列出来你行李装不下的东西，如羽绒被和灯泡。

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收拾一些不适合目的地的天气的服装根本没道理。看看你的衣柜，研究你住的位置并且为所有你认为适合那里季节的东西都做笔记。对于某些国家而言，一定会比其他的国家还要容易。例如在英国，各个季节常年会相互融合，你就也会发现自己需要雨衣，套头衫和一条短裤。

在选衣服收拾的时候你也需要考虑一些因素。我目前正在收拾适合骑自行车的衣服（我的很多长裙很可能会被困在车轮上）因为骑自行车游览阿姆斯特丹的最值得推荐的方式。

允许自己带一些有感情回忆的物品

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收拾时的挣扎是能被理解的，因为离开家总是很困难。收拾过程会使你感到怀旧和感伤，因为你会发现无数纪念品和小饰品让您想起您的朋友和家人。确保在那个手提箱中留出一点空间来放一些照片，日记本或信笺，这样当你在大学稳定下来后你就可以跟家人和朋友写信。拥有这种舒适感将大有帮助，尤其是在“思乡病”最严重的头几周。随着时间的流逝你会变得越来越习惯生活在离家很远的地方，并且你最终会比以前更喜欢在假期见到亲爱的人。

在手提包中该装什么？

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没错，手提行李箱和你的主要行李箱是一样难收拾的。主要是因为你的大脑（如果像我的一样）会像在装主要行李箱的时候养成把一些其实不需要带的东西放进行手提行李箱。这实际上是不可行的，因此请遵循列表的相同方法并权衡利弊。

无论行程多长，无论是坐飞机，火车还是轮船，到达目的地后都会感到精疲力尽，不太可能立即拆开所有行李。确保在手提行李箱中以及随身携带的任何数据线，充电器或其他电子设备，都可以轻松找到洗护用品/药品和睡衣，这对您将来很有帮助（不要忘了旅行适配器！）

早开始好过晚开始

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这一点显而易见，但是尤其为出国留学收拾行李是一个很重要的任务，所以需要很多很多的时间。你越早完成，你就会在离开前有更多的时间去跟朋友见面、更多的时间与家人在一起。由于距离我在国外为期一年的留学还剩几周的时间，我已经知道什么东西需要收拾并且附近有我的用品，因此可以花下一周的时间阅读，从夏季购物清单中剔除物品并入睡补眠。提早开始还可以让你有更多得时间订购你突然想到自己需要的任何物品，因此赶快开始吧！

Cardiff is the most affordable city in the UK to attend university, according to a new survey.

The Student Living Index, published by Natwest, calculates the average income and expenditure of students living in each UK city. Students in Cardiff benefit from some of the cheapest accommodation in the UK, with the average monthly rent just £384.23, and also earn more from part-time work than the average UK student.

After Cardiff, the next affordable cities in the UK are Aberdeen, Durham, Canterbury and Swansea. The top five least affordable cities are Glasgow, London, St Andrews, Aberystwyth and Bristol.

London’s status as only the second most-expensive city in the UK might be surprising given its reputation and the fact it has the highest average monthly rent by far (£584.32), but students living there spend less on alcohol and going out than the national average.

Comparing the Student Living Index with QS Best Student Cities

In the QS Best Student Cities 2017 ranking, only eight UK cities were included, so it’s hard to make a full comparison with the much more thorough Student Living Index. Cardiff, for example, doesn’t feature at all in the Best Student Cities, with Newcastle Upon Tyne coming top for affordability in the UK instead.

Even allowing for the difference in scope, there are notable differences between the two rankings. Glasgow, for example, is deemed to be the least affordable city by the Student Living Index, but comes second for affordability in Best Student Cities. One potential factor behind this discrepancy is the fact Glasgow ranks dead last for term-time income (just £786.60 per term). Although the city itself is not that unaffordable, the average student has less money to spend than those studying elsewhere.

Who drinks the most alcohol?

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As well as the cost of rent, the Student Living Index also provides information on which students spend the most on alcohol, going out and fashion. Is your university full of wide-eyed freshers downing pint after pint in expensive nightclubs, or catwalk-ready fashionistas who are constantly dressed to impress? If so, you might find your city listed below.

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Technische Universität München (TUM) and Ludwig-Maximilians - Universität München (LMU) are currently the two highest-ranked universities in Germany, according to the QS World University Rankings® 2018.

Both universities are likely to be popular with international students, offering highly prestigious education, which for all students will be free of charge. Both are also located in Munich, (München), a city known for its lively Bavarian culture, which was ranked ninth in the latest QS Best Student Cities index.

With so much in common, how should anyone wanting to study in Germany choose between these two universities? We decided to take a closer look at the key similarities and differences between TUM and LMU.

 *Based on the broad subject areas of the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017.

QS World University Rankings® 2018

TUM is ranked just two places above LMU in the latest QS World University Rankings, having fallen four places since last year. LMU will be hoping to overtake TUM in next year’s ranking, having climbed two places this year. Looking at the results in more depth (using the rankings indicators), LMU actually beats TUM in three of the six indicators used to compile the rankings, including its reputation among academics. However, TUM achieves a stronger score for its reputation among graduate employers.

The biggest differences between the two top universities in Germany are the scores for their research impact and faculty/student ratios. TUM is 401+ for citations per faculty member, a measure of an institution’s research impact, while LMU is ranked 194^th, suggesting it might be the preferred choice if you value studying at a research-driven university. However, TUM has a much stronger ratio of faculty members to students, ranked 88^th for this indicator while LMU is 334^th.

Finally, when assessing the levels of international diversity on campus, both German universities are relatively equal – ranked within the top 400 for their percentages of international students (with TUM earning the higher score) and in the global top 300 for their percentages of international faculty members (with LMU earning a slightly higher score).

Subject strengths

The QS World University Rankings by Subject enables us to get a closer look at which subjects each of these top universities in Germany are particularly strong in. Unsurprisingly for a German institute of technology, TUM achieves a very high score for the broad subject area of engineering and technology (joint 24^th), although it achieves its strongest score for natural sciences (18^th). LMU achieves a position within the global top 150 of all five broad subject areas, again earning its highest score for natural sciences (joint 32^nd), suggesting there’s very little to choose between the two universities if you’re studying a natural sciences subject. The table below shows how TUM and LMU directly compare for all of the 46 subjects covered in the ranking.

Location

Technische Universität München and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München both have their main campuses in the center of Munich, with further campuses and buildings elsewhere in Bavaria (and beyond, in the case of TUM, which runs a satellite campus in Singapore: TUM Asia). TUM also owns the Rechts der Isar university hospital, which is considered one of the best hospitals in the region. TUM’s largest location is actually its campus in Garching, a small city located 20km (12.4 miles) to the north, which hosts more than 12,000 students in five faculties, and also has a number of research centers. The Garching campus is easily accessible to Munich via a Metro line, making day trips easy.

Towards the southeast of Munich, in the adjacent districts of Großhadern and Martinsried, LMU’s High-Tech Campus is located, hosting the majority of the university’s natural and life sciences. This includes the Klinikum Großhadern, the largest hospital complex in Munich. More LMU buildings are found in Oberschleißheim and Garching, with the former hosting the university’s faculty of veterinary medicine.

Munich itself has been ranked ninth in the latest QS Best Student Cities index, receiving its highest scores for Desirability and Employer Activity (two of the categories used to compile the ranking). It’s known for its proud, characteristic Bavarian culture, and should be ideal for those who like beer (the famous Oktoberfest beer festival attracts over six million visitors every year). Munich has been rated one of the most expensive cities in Germany to live in, but nonetheless receives a high score for affordability, thanks to tuition fees being either low or non-existent.

Student community

TUM and LMU are both large universities, with LMU hosting the larger number at 51,000. TUM has a fairly equal number of undergraduates to postgraduates, and achieves a higher score than LMU for its percentage of international students, with around 24% of TUM’s students coming from outside Germany, while the percentage at LMU is 15%.

Tuition fees and funding

If you’re interested in studying at either of these top German universities, there’s good news: at the time of writing, both universities do not charge tuition fees to students of all study levels and nationalities, although TUM charge extra fees for some continuing education programs.

You will only need to pay a compulsory semester fee of €128.50 (~US$150) at both universities, which covers the basic student union fee of €62 (~US$72) and the basic semester ticket of €66.50 (~US$77), which allows you to use the entire Munich public transport network at evenings and weekends. There’s also an optional semester ticket, the IsarCard semester, which gives you unlimited travel on the network at any time. This costs €193 (~US$220).

Tuition fees will be reintroduced in autumn 2017 for non-EU students at universities in Baden-Württemberg, a neighboring state to Bavaria, and it’s possible that other German states will follow in the coming years.

Although there are currently no tuition fees, both TUM and LUM offer scholarships and other funding opportunities to help students fund their education. TUM, for example, offers scholarships for international students on behalf of the Bavarian government, which are awarded to currently-enrolled students at both undergraduate and graduate level. The amount awarded is between €500 and €1,500 (~US$580-1,750) per semester, and students must show both academic merit and proof of financial need. Other scholarships offered by TUM include the Nicolaus Scholarship Fund and the Loschge Scholarship, for thermal engineering students.

Scholarships at LMU include the LMU Study Scholarship, also funded by the Bavarian government, which is aimed at international and doctoral students. To be eligible, students need to demonstrate academic excellence, knowledge in your field of study, and financial need. The scholarship awards €650 (~US$750) per month for four months. The university also offers scholarships for third-year bachelor and master students, and the Study Completion Scholarship, which is for international and doctoral students with a history of academic excellence.

You may also be eligible to apply for external scholarships offered by the German government or other organizations. One such option is the Deutschlandstipendium, which awards talented international students a grant of €300 per month (~US$350) and does not consider your personal income or nationality. You can browse more scholarships to study in Germany here.

Which of these top universities in Germany would you choose? Tell us in the comments below, and let us know which universities you’d like to see compared next!

乌克兰商人利用[[/universities/university-oxford|牛津大学]]的学术声誉，销售价值数百万英镑的假奖项和头衔，[[https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/oxford-university-in-fake-awardsfarce-fh9876jnw|根据一份报纸调查]]。

欧洲商务协会（EBA）在[[/where-to-study/europe/ukraine/guide|乌克兰]]和牛津市中心的办公室颁发了数千个奖项，销售如“维多利亚女王纪念奖”等头衔，售价高达9,300英镑（约合12,115美元）。

在其广告中，该组织醒目地展示了牛津大学学院的照片，复制了该大学的字体，并声称提供“独家牛津大学讲座”的机会。

然而，该组织与该大学没有官方联系。EBA的一名前员工告诉时报：“我们销售的理念是[[recipients]]正在成为伟大的牛津机构的一部分。我们没有提供网络。我们没有提供扩展他们学术视野的机会。”

另一位前员工表示：“花8,000英镑买一张证书怎么样？花8,000英镑挂在墙上写着牛津不是什么大事。”

EBA的潜在获奖者是其目标，重点放在被认为更愿意为奖项付费的国家。一名前员工表示：“我们被要求专注于那些人愿意购买的地区。中东、东欧和俄罗斯......那里仍然存在金钱买得到资格的观念。”

接触潜在获奖者的过程似乎是随机的。另一位前员工告诉时报，有人被告知他们的城市可以赢得“最佳城市”奖时，给出了惊讶的反应。“有一个城市回应说，‘你们为什么联系我们？我们只有5,000人，甚至没有旅游业’。”

该组织在牛津和整个欧洲租用场地为获奖者举办奢华仪式，其中醒目地展示了传统的英国装饰。在牛津圣诞节前的一次颁奖典礼上，有小号手、风笛手、一名仪仗兵装扮的人，以及为来宾铺设的红地毯。

EBA的商业模式实际上并不违法，因为没有什么可以阻止公司销售“虚荣奖”，也没有明确的声明与牛津大学的联系。

该大学的发言人表示：“我们可以确认，[[Europe Business Assembly]]与牛津大学没有关联或其他联系。我们对这家公司没有进一步的评论。”

It’s an argument that’s been going on for over 800 years. Ever since the early days of the Oxbridge rivalry when the University of Cambridge was founded in the early 1200s, students at both venerable institutions have claimed to be the cleverest in the UK, if not the world. Now, we might finally have a definitive answer.

According to new data released this week, a higher percentage of Oxford students graduated with a first-class degree last year than their Cambridge counterparts.

While an impressive 31.7% of all Cambridge graduates left university with a first, this figure is triumphantly beaten by their bitter rivals at Oxford, where 33.2% of all graduates successfully swotted their way to a first.

Although there’s no guarantee this proves Oxford students are cleverer (maybe firsts are just given out by tutors more easily there?), the higher probability of earning a first could be enough to sway more applicants towards Oxford and away from the River Cam.

Professor Smithers, of the University of Buckingham, responded to the information released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency by pointing out: “universities are free to award as many firsts as they like, and have every incentive to do so. Students like to have top-class degrees and may choose universities on that basis.”

So, are Oxford students just naturally cleverer than Cambridge, or is the level of teaching better there? Or do you think Oxford tutors are just going soft on their students? Let us know in the comments below.

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By Amy Durant

毫无疑问，求职信是申请工作中最令人讨厌的部分。当然，把你的简历放在一起并为你申请的每份工作进行调整是一项艰苦的工作，但没有什么比写一封又一封的求职信更单调的了。
 

这是一项更加艰难的任务，因为你很难知道雇主在寻找什么。一封完美的求职信到底是什么样子的？幸运的是，我们在这里提供一些顶级的求职信技巧，以帮助你的求职信在招聘人员的收件箱中吸引他们的目光。

首先，不要复制和粘贴

作为求职信的提示，这听起来很明显，但雇主可以直接看出求职者是在粘贴和重复使用旧的求职信。你可能会申请很多类似的工作，所以你当然可以准备一个模板，但每个公司都需要相信你是为他们写的求职信。

如果你以前没有写过求职信，阅读模板是一个好的开始。

根据职位描述中的具体细节调整你的文字

同样，看起来很明显，对吗？你会惊讶于有多少人没有好好研究工作描述。如果广告中包括一个基本要求的清单，请确保你解决每一个问题，并解释你的技能如何适合这个角色。

阅读该公司的近期历史

可能会有成百上千的人申请你想要的工作，但你能脱颖而出的一个方法是深入研究该公司。不要只是告诉他们他们的公司有多好，要解释为什么。

他们最近是否上过新闻？他们的某个产品是否卖得特别好？员工是否在Glassdoor上发表评论说工作环境有多好？阅读公司网站和滚动浏览谷歌都是不错的开始。包括几行字，表明你已经花了时间去了解该公司。

用事实来支持你所说的内容

不要只是说机会是 "惊人的"，公司是 "伟大的"。从你的研究中引用事实。他们是否被评为最适合工作的公司之一？他们是否公布了年度营业额的报告？他们是否在做一些创新的事情？向他们证明你有多关心他们的公司。

写自己的时候也是如此。不要只是说你是一个好的团队成员，要举出你作为团队的一部分成功工作的例子。瞬间，你的求职信就会感觉更有分量。

在推销自己方面不要有所保留

不是每个人都能轻易推销自己，但现在不是害羞的时候。你只有一次机会通过你的求职信给人留下第一印象，所以要大肆宣传你的成就。

想象一下与你共事并钦佩的人，写一份关于他们的实践报告。赞美之词来得很容易，不是吗？现在，为你自己的成就做同样的事情，并学习如何推销自己。

写给正确的人

不是所有的招聘信息都包括招聘经理的名字。如果他们有，而你没有包括名字，弄错了名字，或者拼错了名字，你将犯了最大的求职信错误之一，你会发现自己马上就被扔进了垃圾堆。

如果不包括名字，那么你需要找到它。该公司应该有一个通用的电话号码，如果没有，也应该有一个通用的电子邮件。立即联系并询问向谁发送。

彻底检查一遍，并请其他人校对

检查、检查、再检查。校对错误会让雇主立即放弃，所以请多一双眼睛来确保你没有遗漏任何明显的东西。即使你的技能符合所有条件，但如果你的求职信充满了错误，就会被直接扔进垃圾桶。逆向阅读和大声朗读是两个很好的校对技巧。

不要害怕在电话中跟进

我们最后的求职信建议可能看起来过于急躁，但你可以在递交申请后的几天内给公司打电话，使自己真正脱颖而出。一个快速的电话，以确保你的申请被收到，显示出你对这个职位的关心，并让你有机会告诉你说话的人，你对这个机会有多兴奋，你真的很期待他们的回音。

Amy Durant writes for Inspiring Interns, a graduate recruitment agency which specialises in sourcing candidates for internships and giving out graduate careers advice. To browse graduate jobs London and graduate jobs Manchester, visit their website.