Government ministers are considering further crackdowns on international students, blocking an exemption which currently permits those studying research Master’s courses to bring family members to the UK with them. The government has already proposed tightening rules surrounding international student visas. In May, a government white paper said that Labour would...
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UK and EU negotiators have agreed that the UK will be rejoining the European student mobility programme Erasmus+ in 2027, according to a 17 December press release. Erasmus+ is a programme aimed at providing opportunities for students to enrich their education through study or work in any of its member...
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Coventry University has announced a £59 million deficit for the year 2024/25 through the institution’s Annual Report and Financial Statements, but maintains confidence that they will cut costs. The report attributes this deficit to a drop in income from tuition fees and employment contracts, down to £303.8 million income in...
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The Sudanese civil war is the single most severe humanitarian crisis of the 21st century. Since the conflict began, more than 150,000 people have died, and 12 million more have been displaced from their homes. The brutal crimes committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are heavily documented and are...
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From left, right, and centre, Iran is facing pressure from all sides. Crises on the domestic front have left Iran politically divided and weakened, while foreign losses against Israel, coupled with the collapse of close allies, have plummeted Iran’s regional influence in the Middle East. At home, Iran is facing...
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Despite American threats in that direction, the United States will never turn its back on Europe for good. Significant US interests lie in the folds of the European continent, and, while those exist, American interest and influence in Europe is guaranteed. In fact, the greater danger is increased US involvement...
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Key figures in Warwick Students’ Union (SU) have expressed opposition to the international student levy plans described in the November budget. Wider opposition to the new levy plans has been steadily mounting since their announcement. This is in light of greater clarity on the shape of the levy, the key...
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From the very second that news of the Huntingdon train stabbings hit national headlines, a storm of intense speculation and theorising on the perpetrator’s ethnicity overtook the conversation. Fingers were pointed in every direction, except, of course, at the possibility that it could have been a white man. The same...
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Coventry City Council has lost a legal battle against the Home Office over a decision to house more asylum seekers in the city. The council argued that, while they welcome accommodating their fair share of asylum seekers, the burden placed on the city by the Home Office was “excessive”. They...
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The public prosecutor of Paris, Laure Beccuau, has stated that the jewellery heist at the Parisian Louvre museum in October was carried out by local petty criminals, rather than organised criminal professionals. The announcement has added to the global fascination surrounding the robbery, underlining the questions at the centre of...
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The Mayor of the West Midlands, Richard Parker, has announced a plan to increase the region’s employment rate by 5% come 2035. West Midlands Works seeks to aid the almost 500,000 economically inactive residents of the region – those who are neither in employment nor actively looking for work. The...
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“There is a genocide going on in Darfur”, a region in the west of Sudan. This was the claim made by the Sudanese Ambassador to the UK in early November. The statement came following the siege and capture of El Fasher, the capital of the Northern Darfur region, by the...
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There are many options for post-Freshers living, whether you’re rocking the Kasbah in Central Coventry, roaming the Victorian boulevards of northern Leamington, or attending village fetes in Kenilworth, the world of the West Midlands remains your oyster. However, it can be difficult to know where to settle, so we’ve gathered...
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