Applications for student visas by international students are at the lowest they have been in four years, according to statistics released by the Home Office on January 8. This is another blow to the finances of UK universities as the December numbers for the applications had been described as a...
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September’s cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is continuing to negatively impact businesses in the region, though manufacturing work is set to resume soon. On September 1, the three JLR UK facilities in the West Midlands and Merseyside were halted due to a cyber attack. Because of this, over...
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A recent survey suggests that students no longer find the USA a welcoming place to study, while the UK retained its spot as the most welcoming. Canadian educational technology company ApplyBoard polled 400 recruitment professionals on student trends and suggested that the results were partially due to the negative perception...
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A flag is a symbol, and symbols are far more powerful than words. One symbol can generate a dozen different meanings depending on who you ask. The flags of England and the United Kingdom are no exception. When you walk down any high street in an English town at the...
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The government has agreed to allow Gazan students to come to the UK on university scholarships in the next few weeks – but with some caveats. The students are set to come to the UK through a variety of schemes, including the mostly government-funded Chevening Scheme for international master’s degree...
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Young men are far more likely than women to vote for Reform, and they are also far less likely to read than their female peers. This is not a coincidence. Statistics show that young men are far more likely to vote for Reform UK than young women, with 35% of...
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Young people aged 20 to 34 are increasingly living at home for longer as a result of the cost-of-living crisis, with men more likely to do so than women. 34% of men aged 20 to 34 live with their parents as opposed to less than a quarter (22%) of...
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When Keir Starmer was elected as Prime Minister last year, not many could have predicted just how challenging his first year in office would be. Some of this difficulty was created by outside events, whether it was war in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, Donald Trump deciding to take...
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Students in England are graduating from university with student loans that are 10% higher on average than last year, as the cost-of-living crisis drives increased borrowing. New figures from the Student Loans Company (SLC), the government organisation responsible for student loans and grants in the UK, highlight the effects of...
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The University of Warwick’s School of Engineering has received the highest honour for gender equality in higher education and research in the form of the Athena Swan Gold award. The Athena Swan Charter was established in 2005 and is a globally recognised and prestigious award that seeks to promote and...
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There have been calls for Sir Keir Starmer to sanction Israel in the form of a research boycott amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Israel has been subject to immense condemnation due to its actions in the Gaza Strip, where it has escalated military action and enacted a humanitarian...
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The first Very Light Rail (VLR) route in Coventry could be running as soon as 2027 after initial tests last month were praised by residents. Cllr Jim O’Boyle from Coventry City Council has hailed the project as a “cost-effective” alternative method of transport which will give the people of...
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Cardiff University has gone back on its plans to stop offering music and modern languages courses, deciding that it will not close the two departments. The initial move to scrap the music department as a cost-cutting measure faced protests from Cardiff students and was mentioned in a letter about cuts...
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