Oversubscribed universities offered almost £9m to encourage students to defer
Nine oversubscribed Russell Group universities offered students cash and other incentives worth almost £9 million to defer their places to next year.
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How your morning coffee is driving species to extinction
Our daily coffee purchase is bringing species to extinction. Jason Hill describes the impacts of our coffee consumption in driving our ecological footprint.
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Modernlove capture the complexities of being young on Oh My Mind
Sophie Flint Vázquez reviews Modernlove's second EP, Oh My Mind
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Commonwealth Games Recap – Day 10: Drama on the penultimate day
It’s the penultimate day of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, and by far the busiest on the schedule, with an incredible 45 golds up for grabs. There were dramatic disqualifications, homegrown victories and a record night for Northern Ireland – what happened as the Games inch closer to the finish...
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Education firm caught hiring writers for university applications
Winland Academy, an education firm, has been advertising to pay people to write university applications for students, including their personal statements
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Commonwealth Games Recap – Day 9: Canada and India dominate in wrestling
There were 33 gold medals up for grabs on the final Saturday of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. We saw athletics triumphs, national dominance in the wrestling, and a spot of rhythmic gymnastics action. Here’s what happened as the Games approaches its climax. The bulk of the day’s events came...
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Is athletics dying a slow death?
If you were to ask someone to name a current Team GB Track and Field athlete, it’s likely they would struggle for an answer. Pose this question in 2012 and they would have been brimming with names. Over the past 10 years, British athletics has declined from its high following...
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Commonwealth Games Recap – Day 8: England close the gap
Day 8 of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games saw a selection of diving, wrestling and athletics events. India maintained its wrestling dominance, the oldest-ever Commonwealth gold was awarded, and the gap at the top of the medal table got much tighter – here’s a recap of the day’s medals. After...
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Commonwealth Games Recap – Day 7: Nigeria’s Nwachukwu breaks WR twice
After the busy nature of the past few days of the Birmingham 2022 Games, things quieten down a little bit today with only 15 golds up for grabs. So who came out victorious on day 7? Today’s first gold came in the women’s road cycling time trial, and it was...
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The view from inside Wembley
A few days on from England's success, Laura Howard reflects on the magnificent scene witnessed from inside Wembley Stadium.
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Aesthetic wars: how maximalism defends against the monster of minimalism
Maximalism and minimalism have evidently remained at opposite ends, yet maximalism has returned to fashion and the art world - especially in the age of green consumerism. Katie Bevan discusses whether or not that should ultimately be the case.
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Revisiting ‘Crash Bash’
When I was a kid, I had two games consoles – my Gameboy Colour and my PlayStation 1, both of which were brand-new and very exciting things to own. If you had a PS1 at that time, there was one face you couldn’t escape, and that was the famous Crash...
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Commonwealth Games Recap – Day 6: England gain ground at the halfway stage
Halfway through the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, and there was a whole host of headlines – established names doing what they do best, Australia picking up swimming golds, and even a daughter following in her mother’s footsteps. We saw the men’s and women’s mountain bike cross-country events today. In the...
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