Universities order students to get coronavirus vaccine to return to classes in the fall

A growing number of state universities are following their private counterparts in requiring all students returning to classes and campuses this fall to be vaccinated against coronavirus.  In a bid to return to normality after months of online learning, at least 80 universities have said that all students must get a jab before they return to … Read more

Crawley College students offered counselling after ‘hiding in toilets’ from gunman, 18

Traumatised students and staff at a college stormed by a masked teenager carrying a gun and a knife while ‘off his nut’ will receive counselling after the attacker told them to ‘run for your lives’ during a rampage that saw two teachers knifed, it was revealed today. Armed police, snipers and dog units swamped Crawley … Read more

Sheffield University students could be told how Sir Isaac Newton ‘benefited from colonialism’

Students could be told how Sir Isaac Newton ‘benefited from colonialism’ in curriculum overhaul being considered at Sheffield University  The father of gravity is among a group of scientists cited in university proposals   Paul Dirac, Pierre-Simon Laplace, and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz are also named  Leaked document revealed plans for a more ‘inclusive curriculum’ at university … Read more

Sheffield University students could be told how Sir Isaac Newton ‘benefited from colonialism’

Students could be told how Sir Isaac Newton ‘benefited from colonialism’ in curriculum overhaul being considered at Sheffield University  The father of gravity is among a group of scientists cited in university proposals   Paul Dirac, Pierre-Simon Laplace, and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz are also named  Leaked document revealed plans for a more ‘inclusive curriculum’ at university … Read more

School apologises after teacher blamed girl students wearing short skirts for sexual harassment

Secondary school apologises after female teacher blamed girl students wearing short skirts for encouraging sexual harassment Video showed an unnamed teacher talking at Lytchett Minster School in Dorset Girls at the school had complained boys were looking up their skirts on the stairs But the teacher was filmed saying girls were wearing skirts that were ‘too … Read more

Call to give a fees refund to 1million students: Unions seek ‘collective fee justice’

Student leaders have asked the competition watchdog to help get ‘blanket refunds’ for those whose studies were disrupted during the pandemic. Unions are seeking ‘collective fee justice’ which would see up to a million students compensated for lost face-to-face learning.  An open letter, backed by student leaders at 19 universities across the UK, urges the … Read more

Call to give a fees refund to 1million students: Unions seek ‘collective fee justice’

Student leaders have asked the competition watchdog to help get ‘blanket refunds’ for those whose studies were disrupted during the pandemic. Unions are seeking ‘collective fee justice’ which would see up to a million students compensated for lost face-to-face learning.  An open letter, backed by student leaders at 19 universities across the UK, urges the … Read more

Huge wildfire rages on Cape Town’s Table Mountain forcing hundreds of students to evacuate

A wildfire is raging on the slopes of South Africa’s Table Mountain, forcing hundreds of students to evacuate on Sunday. Runaway flames set several University of Cape Town buildings ablaze as firefighters used three helicopters to water-bomb the area. More than 100 firefighters were sent to battle the blaze and two were hospitalised for treatment … Read more

Covid lockdown UK: All university students will be allowed back on campus from May 17

All university students who have not yet returned to campus and in-person teaching will be able to do so from May 17 at the earliest, ministers confirmed today.    The policy means a return to campuses across the country for around a million students, who have only been able to study online since the Christmas holidays … Read more

Students’ university comeback is delayed until mid-May

Students’ university comeback is delayed until mid-May amid fears mass return to lecture halls could spark huge spike in Covid cases Ministers to delay return of university students to their campuses until May 17th  Students will return just weeks before universities then close for summer in June Many of these students paid £9,250 in tuition fees … Read more