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Thousands of students caught using AI amid mounting academic integrity epidemic

The number of UK university students caught cheating using AI for assignments has rapidly increased in 2025, with apps like ChatGPT growing in popularity. Generative AI, while still a relatively new concept in academia, has been found useful as a guide or a grammar checking tool, and for helping students...
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By , Jul. 17, 2025

The best way to document your travels

Over my many years of travelling, I have had various methods of documenting the places I have visited. I initially used magnets to remember where I had travelled. From writing this article on my desk, I can see the multitude of magnets I have amassed. From Tallinn to Rhodes, to...
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By , Jul. 16, 2025

Poetry feature: Overhead Establishing Shot

Tread softly through Yamuna Ghat, feather-light steps across the riverbank. Walk in step with the water’s flow, ahead, behind, in tandem with what you know. Look at the ripple when you throw a stone in, stare at it, glare and gawk until you sicken to your core. Heave in your...
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By , Jul. 16, 2025

Group Stage of Women’s Euros concludes

Eight of the starting sixteen teams have qualified for the quarter-finals with the group stage now finalised.   Last year’s finalists, England and Germany, are through, as well as previous Euros winners, Norway and Sweden. Euro 2022 champions, England, finish second in Group D after a 2-1 opening match loss...
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By , Jul. 15, 2025

Office for Students urges ‘very strong’ support for free speech on campuses

New guidance has been published for universities on how they should deal with inflammatory disputes such as pro-Palestine encampments and the targeting of gender-critical academics. The Office for Students (OfS) has published the document to help universities “navigate” their future responsibilities under the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act, which...
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By , Jul. 14, 2025