The High Court has overturned the unprecedented £585,000 fine handed to the University last year by the Office for Students (OfS). The fine was originally issued by the OfS after an investigation into Sussex’s Trans and Non-Binary Equality Policy Statement found that it had restricted the speech of its staff...
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At the Davos Economic Forum in January, US President Donald Trump launched the Board of Peace, an organisation dedicated to international peacekeeping. It is perhaps extremely telling that of the 2,000 words of the Board of Peace charter, “chairman” constitutes 34 of them, making it the fourth most-used word in...
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Today’s geopolitical climate is a stormy one for the UK, with many an ominous cloud on the horizon. With the UK falling out with the US and detached from the EU, safe havens seem difficult to come by. Or more accurately, the UK is being increasingly pressured to set a...
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Councillor Edward Harris has resigned his position as chairman after being labelled a “rogue landlord” for repeatedly ignoring warnings that living conditions at his rental properties were unsafe. The two six-bedroom properties in Stonydelph, Tamworth were found to have “failed to meet even the most basic of living standards and...
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What started with simple demonstrations of bazaar owners closing their shops to protest the declining Iranian economy soon developed into a nationwide uprising with a confirmed death toll of almost six and a half thousand. According to other sources and doctors on scene, the number could have even reached 30,000,...
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The Labour government is removing its policies on international student goals as part of a drive to increase education exports, one of the UK’s most valuable resources. Under the umbrella of education exports are UK institutions delivering British education abroad, UK qualifications, and international students studying in the UK. Updated...
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To commemorate this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day, Warwick Jewish Society invited survivor Uri Winterstein to share stories of his family’s experiences under the Nazi regime during the Second World War. Among those in attendance at the fully booked lecture theatre were University of Warwick Provost Caroline Meyer, several Students’ Union...
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Several universities have continued to increase enrolment figures to their Master of Research (MRes) courses, despite warnings of potential further crackdowns on MRes student enrolment. MRes programmes have been expanded to accommodate a much larger number of students, prompting concerns on their quality. Continued increases in university student enrolment...
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Greenland is currently Ground Zero for an escalating row between the United States and Denmark (but largely Europe). The US, under the Trump administration, is pushing heavily for US control of the territory, while Denmark maintains its position as the sovereign ruler of Greenland, a position it has occupied since...
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On December 17, the Labour government announced the UK’s renewed participation in the EU’s Erasmus+ student mobility programme. The UK is to resume participation in 2027, but will begin accepting applications to the programme in mid 2026. The announcement represented the fulfilment of a major commitment made earlier in 2025,...
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West Midlands Chief Constable Craig Guildford has resigned after admitting to using incorrect evidence to justify banning Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a match against Aston Villa on 6 November. Announcing his retirement on 16 January, Guildford said that “the political and media frenzy around myself and my position has...
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In June, the UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research published a list of universities and other academic institutions that were eligible for scholarships for UAE students to study at, which excluded all UK institutions. The UAE provides generous scholarships to students applying to study at institutions named on...
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On 14 December 2025, at Bondi Beach in Sydney, 15 people were killed and dozens more injured by a pair of gunmen who opened fire at a crowd gathered to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Hannukah. It was one of the most horrific acts of mass killing the country Australia...
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