Will Linnegar
STUDENT AND GRADUATE DISCRIMINATION ON THE INCREASE
A recent report conducted by the UK’s top website for graduate recruitment, milkround.com has uncovered a worrying rise in work place discrimination aimed at students and recent graduates with ethnicity at its core.
These worrying results revealed a shocking 86 percent of students and graduates questioned felt they had faced discrimination, up from 81 percent [...]
CRITICISMS INCREASE OVER SECOND DEGREE FUNDING CUTS
The Government suffered a fresh blow last week over its decision to cut funding for students wishing to study a second degree when it was severely criticized by MPs. The Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee said the decision appeared to have been hasty. It said switching funding to those taking first degrees was [...]
REVIEW UNDER WAY AS SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT SCRAPS FEES
Last month, MSPs voted to scrap the graduate endowment scheme, prompting outrage from English taxpayers and students alike. This change means Scottish students are able to attend university free of charge, whilst their English counterparts must pay the full £3,070 per year. Most English students believe that tuition fees should also be scrapped in England, [...]
CAPITAL OF CULTURE KICK OFF
CONSTRUCTION THEMED CEREMONY: ‘A WORK IN PROGRESS’
As Liverpool launches itself into the 2008 Capital of Culture celebrations, Friday 11th January saw the opening event at St George’s Hall. Thousands of spectators came out in force packing the streets surrounding Lime Street and St George’s Plateau to watch the show. The opening event, consisting of [...]
STUDENTS DON’T ‘USE THEIR OWN BRAINS’
GOOGLE AND WIKIPEDIA BANNED
A lecturer has hit out at use of internet sites such as Google with claims that students are taking the easy option for degree research. Professor Brabazon, a media studies lecturer at the University of Brighton, has responded to the phenomenon she has dubbed ‘The University of Google’ by banning websites like [...]
PRIVATE SCHOOL PUPILS CONTINUE TO GET THE GRADES
NEW SURVEY SHOWS PUPILS FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS MORE LIKELY TO GET UNIVERSITY PLACES
A recent survey of Russell Group university applications has shown pupils attending private schools are more likely to gain university places than those at state schools. The Russell Group is a collection of twenty research-led British Universities, including the University of Liverpool.
The survey, [...]
WACKY RACES
FROM LONDON TO ULAANBATOOR: TWO GUYS, ONE CAR
Two thrill seeking Liverpool skydivers are aiming to satisfy their sense of adventure with a trans-global challenge worthy of any great explorer. Matthew Coughlan and Adrian Green (known collectively as Team:Improbable) are planning to undertake the 2008 Mongol Rally, a massive trek in which the participants travel from [...]
PROBLEMS CONTINUE FOR HOPE STUDENT UNION
Are religion and financial difficulties getting in the way of student representation?
Liverpool Hope University is under fire from students who claim they have increasing control over Hope Student Union. A second year Hope student claims that “It’s not managed to the standard I would expect of a student union.”
The criticism comes after a difficult [...]
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