University leaders have been encouraged to engage more seriously with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK amid the party’s continued rise in support. As of 4 August, YouGov polling suggests that 28% of people intend to vote for Reform in the next UK general election – seven percentage points more than Labour,...
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Don’t worry – you’re not alone. Thousands, if not millions, of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) players are feeling jittery following the conclusion of the first gameweek, the point in the Fantasy season where it’s easiest to feel like you’ve made mistakes, whether you suffered a harrowing one-pointer with Frimpong, missed...
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As many as 20,000 higher education jobs could be at risk, as a new survey has revealed the true extent of redundancies facing the sector. Rebecca Harrison, a former lecturer at the Open University, and David Harvie, who previously served as the University and College Union’s (UCU) treasurer, surveyed 349...
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Water is wet, grass is green, the Pope is Catholic, and Toby Fox makes great games. Whether it’s Undertale or any of Deltarune’s first four chapters, I have Fox down as 5-0 – and a gleaming 5-0 at that. Coming straight from your house, the long-awaited third and fourth chapters...
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Cianan Sheekey discusses the pivotal impact Franklin D. Roosevelt had on American government, fiscal policy and politics.
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The Education Committee has opened an inquiry into the precarious fiscal situation of the UK’s higher education institutions. Following the release of a troubling report by the Office for Students, outlining the ill health of the sector’s finances and a growing inability to depend on income from international students (as...
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Caroline Lucas, Ed Miliband, and Theresa May – and to a lesser extent, Margaret Thatcher, Boris Johnson, and David Cameron – are all (somewhat) defensible answers to the question, which British politician has contributed most to the environmentalist movement? Many of these options highlight the typical tension between rhetoric and action,...
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As the 2024/2025 academic year came to an end, so too did the iconic ‘W’ brand of the University of Warwick. Replacing it is a brand-new image for the University, complete with a new crest, colour palette, and font. Needless to say, the changes have caused some controversy among the...
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It’s been 22 years since an Anglo-American force invaded Iraq under the pretence that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). Despite deeply antithetical public sentiment towards the conflict, a brutal war began. America and Britain rushed into a conflict for which the nation’s respective leaders, George W. Bush...
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A report by the Social Market Foundation (SMF), a cross-party think tank, has highlighted prominent geographical disparities within the university admissions process. A primary focus of the SMF report, entitled ‘Leave to Achieve’, is the deteriorating relationship between many universities and their local areas, with the report highlighting how these...
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Universities UK (UUK) has published a new report insisting on a myriad of different cooperative measures, intended to aid the economic survival of Britain’s higher education institutions. The publication, entitled ‘Towards a new era of collaboration’, provides several policy suggestions to address the academic sector’s dire financial situation. Sir Nigel...
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The number of Russian admissions for study in the UK has hit a record low, with an increasingly hostile climate towards Russians and higher visa refusal rates contributing to this decline. According to newly released Home Office statistics, only 1,275 Russian applicants were granted study or study-related visas between March...
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Eurovision is peculiar. On the surface, it is a simple, if eccentric, song competition which intends to highlight the unity of competing nations. In theory, it casts aside divisions for a shared stage, prompting cohesion centred around the powerful medium of song. Despite its desire to distance itself from the...
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