Students have reacted in fury after Manchester University announced that online lectures are here to stay – with no cut in tuition fees that cost £9,250 per year. At the time of writing, more than 4,000 people have signed a petition urging the Russell Group university to fully return to in-person teaching. Despite plans to … Read more
Prestigious UK universities including the London School of Economics (LSE) and St Andrews are planning to continue Zoom lectures in the autumn term, sparking a backlash from students who are calling for refunds in £9,000 tuition fees after enduring nearly 14 months of coronavirus disruption. University College London is preparing for a blend of online … Read more
Prestigious UK universities including the London School of Economics (LSE) and St Andrews are planning to continue Zoom lectures in the autumn term, sparking a backlash from students calling for refunds in £9,000 tuition fees after enduring nearly 14 months of coronavirus disruption. University College London is preparing for a blend of online and campus … Read more
Sacre bleu! The Frenchman who repeatedly criticised the British Government for wanting to take back control of our borders is now blithely proposing that France should do the same thing. Does Michel Barnier register une petite contradiction? Might he even admit to being a teeny weeny bit of a hypocrite? ‘Non’ and ‘absolument non’ are … Read more
All university students given all clear to return to lectures for the first time THIS YEAR from May 17, just weeks before exams are due to start Returning students will be expected to get tested for Covid-19 twice a week Lectures to get go-ahead under loosening of social contact lockdown rules Half of students have … Read more
Confessions of a spy boss: MI6 chief Richard Moore admits he only went to ‘half a dozen lectures’ while at Oxford University as he wanted to play hockey and see his girlfriend MI6 boss says he was not the ‘perfect student’ during three year stint at Oxford He admitted to focusing mainly on hockey and … Read more
When Boris Johnson was in charge of The Spectator, he ran an article accusing Roy Greenslade of being part of a secret ‘Republican cell at the heart of The Guardian’, whose members were conspiring to make it publish ‘editorials that lean alarmingly towards the IRA’. There followed an almighty stink. First, Mr Greenslade’s editor Alan … Read more
When Boris Johnson was in charge of The Spectator, he ran an article accusing Roy Greenslade of being part of a secret ‘Republican cell at the heart of The Guardian’, whose members were conspiring to make it publish ‘editorials that lean alarmingly towards the IRA’. There followed an almighty stink. First, Mr Greenslade’s editor Alan … Read more
Cambridge University has become the first university in the world to axe all face-to-face lectures until summer 2021 due to ‘rigid social distancing.’ Britain’s second oldest university said that because social distancing appeared to be likely to continue for a long time, ‘there will be no face-to-face lectures during the next academic year.’ The institution, … Read more