University of Birmingham lecturer, Matthew Falder, has been jailed for 32 years after admitting to 137 criminal offences against 46 young and vulnerable victims. Falder was a post-doctoral researcher in Geophysics at the University of Birmingham, and a former Cambridge graduate. Matthew Falder’s offences, which were conducted against both male...
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Warwick Anti-Casualisation march on Unitemps in response to the employment agency offering alternative support services to universities during the current industrial strikes.
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Academics across the country feel that their research is being hindered due to a growing fear amongst universities of social media backlash.
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A recent report by the BBC has found that universities are making millions of pounds from student library fines every year.
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Second year mathematics undergraduate, James Thomson, who was 18 years old, is reported to be the sixth university student at Bristol to take their own life in the past year. Content Warning: Suicide Five other Bristol students have also taken their own life over the past 12 months. The university...
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Warwick Accommodation have agreed to freeze the rent price for on-campus accommodation in Westwood and lower it for Whitefields and Redfern for the 2018-19 academic year. The Sabbatical Officers met with Warwick Accommodation for preliminary talks about accommodation prices back in August. The main concerns raised during the talks concerned...
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In the latest instalment of student stories from around the globe, James Jankowski takes a look at a funding ban in India, admission test controversies in South Korea, the affect of Trump’s latest immigration reforms in America and student protests in Denmark. India: New order bans top universities from accepting...
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New research, which could help tackle youth depression, has found that moods are infectious and can be ‘picked up’ from your friends.
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Construction work has been planned for the new Faculty of Arts building for central campus. The contract was awarded to Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCB), who have designed the layout for the building, after winning an international design competition by the Royal Institute of British Architects. The new Faculty of...
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MP’s across the country are backing Coventry’s latest bid in Parliament to be the UK’s City of Culture for 2021.
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Coventry has been rated as one of the best value university towns in the UK, after a recent study by UNiDAYS ranked the city in fifth place for the 2016/17 academic year. The study involved polling approximately 3,000 UNiDAYS members to discover what students really spend their money one. This...
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A new TK Maxx is coming to South Leamington this September, with doors officially opening at 9am on Thursday 21. It is expected to create up to 42 new jobs in the area.
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Reports have emerged that a Warwick University student was discovered to be keeping a pet snake hidden in their university accommodation room, despite clear warnings that keeping animals on campus is against university policy. The discovery was made by The Coventry Telegraph using the powers granted under the Freedom of Information...
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