Coventry University Group staff stage protest over “sham union”
Staff at Coventry University Group staged a protest yesterday against the company's "sham union", which denies them trade representation.
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Ordeal by Innocence – the perils of adapting Agatha Christie
Reece Goodall looks at the recent adaptation of Agatha Christie's 'Ordeal by Innocence'. Was it a faithful adaptation of Christie's novel?
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Driverless cars: safe future or dangerous fad?
Dan Turley looks at the rise of self-driving cars, and what this could mean for the future of life on the road.
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Dogs on campus: just pets or worker pups?
Seeing a dog on campus is almost like spotting a celebrity, with crowds forming around the four-legged friend who can’t quite contain its excitement. As a nation we love dogs so much, such that a dog is the most popular pet in the UK, with 26% of our population having...
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A Modern Horror Gem: Behind the Mask- The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Horror fans are having a great time of it lately, with A Quiet Place absolutely smashing it at the box office, joining recent horror hits like It and Get Out. Scary movies are on top again, so what better time to revisit an underappreciated horror movie, especially since it seems...
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Blood donation – why it’s not as bad as you think
Donating Blood can be daunting, but Gezy Vaughan explains why she chose to donate blood and why it's not as bad as you think.
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Learn from Literature: Suffragette Movement
For me, the literature I find most compelling is didactic. If a novel, poem, or play has taught me something, I consider it a text worth reading again and again. However, literature is not just fiction. Non-fiction books are constantly being written by historians attempting to provide a new, idiosyncratic...
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Global Student Story: Sorbonne University shut down after student protests
Sorbonne University in Paris, France was shut down after riot police intervened to stop about 200 students occupying the university, protesting the proposed higher education reforms, on Thursday 13 April.
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WALK THE MOON revive pop-punk in Birmingham
WALK THE MOON are perhaps best known for their 2015 hit Shut Up and Dance. For a time no party was complete without it and the song became a summer anthem. Now, three years on, the band have released a new album and are travelling the UK with their Press...
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The North-South divide at British universities
Teenagers in the northern part of England are less likely to go into higher education than their southern counterparts, a recent report has revealed. An investigation by Anne Longfield, the Children’s Commissioner, stated that children in the north suffer from several disadvantages that affect their prospects of going to university and...
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Is it time for young people to embrace loneliness for what it really is?
A recent study from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that young people aged 16-24 experience the most loneliness of any age group. 10% of people within the age bracket were found to be “always or often” lonely, a staggering three times higher than those aged 65 and above....
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Universities warned not to drop examination standards in light of UCU strikes
Whilst the University and College Union (UCU) have suspended industrial action for the foreseeable future, the Office for Students (OfS) has issued guidance for all universities to maintain academic standards under all circumstances when dealing with lost contact hours.
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A Quiet Place: Review
This was a film I was dreading to see. Not because of what was going to be shown on screen, but of watching it in the cinema. A Quiet Place is a suspense thriller set in a post-apocalyptic future that revolves around the dangers of making too much noise at the...
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