The University of Sheffield will be offering LGBT-only flats for the 2018-2019 academic year. 30 students have already applied for the 12 rooms, and plans to expand the flats in the next academic year are underway.
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Warwick District Council distributed an enforcement notice to Kevin Murphy, owner of Murphy’s Bar on Regent Street in Leamington. He was asked to remove the decorative superhero statues outside the Grade II-listed bar, to which Murphy had appealed, but ultimately conceded.
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A new study published by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) on 12 June revealed that a majority of students want universities to take a harsher approach for drug dealers and users.
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The Home Office has added 11 nations to the list of 28 countries whose students are subjected to a “streamlined” British visa application process.
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Black students are 22 times more likely to have their applications flagged by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) for possible fraud. The figures were released after a Freedom of Information request by The Independent in April this year. From 2013-2017, there were 2.9 million university applications, 5,160 of...
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Academics and professors from overseas are heavily indebted after having to pay for visas and permanent residency to continue working in UK universities. Employees from outside the European Union (EU) are granted temporary work visas which last five years. Afterwards, they have to pay £2,389 to apply for permanent residency,...
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The University of Warwick will be distributing honorary degrees to people of merit during the 2018 summer graduation ceremonies from 17-25 July in Butterworth Hall at the Warwick Arts Centre.
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Warwick Marrow and Be Kaiya’s Donor hosted “Sign Up Clinic: Kaiya’s Appeal” on Thursday 17 May from 10AM-6PM at the Piazza for Kaiya, a five-year old girl with an aggressive form of leukaemia who desperately needs a stem cell transplant. The event was hosted to help Kaiya find a matching...
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Universities minister Sam Gyimah hosted a “free speech summit” on Thursday 3 May to resolve free speech and censorship issues recently arising in UK universities regarding controversial speakers and topics.
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The University of Buckingham hopes to become Britain’s first “drug free university”, with vice-chancellor Sir Anthony Seldon introducing a contract for students to sign. Students must pledge against drug use on campus for university-related businesses, or face suspension if they persist.
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