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LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY EXAM STRIKE THREAT
Students at Liverpool Hope University could face exam disruption as 200 lecturers threaten strike action. Liverpool Hope University staff are protesting against plans to make seven out of sixteen people in the computer studies department redundant.
Today the University and College Union (UCU) said they feared job losses in other departments could follow. A spokesperson for […]
TWO GUILTY IN SION HARDY KILLING
Two men were convicted at Liverpool Crown Court yesterday of killing 24 year old Liverpool Student Sion Hardy. Simon Taylor and Kevin O’Dea, both 22, were convicted of manslaughter after they attacked him following a night out at the Nation Club in Liverpool last November.
The foreman of the jury broke down in tears as she […]
WILDCAT BUS STRIKE CAUSE CHAOS FOR STUDENTS
Hundreds of students were left stranded this morning after 100+ Arriva bus drivers from the Speke depot walked out on a wildcat strike, forcing the cancellation of dozens of routes across South Liverpool.
Drivers walked out in protest against revised working hours which have been proposed for new duties to be introduced at the end of […]
UNIVERSITIES WARN: UK STUDENT NUMBERS SET TO FALL
The number of undergraduate students in higher education in the UK looks set to fall in the next decade and beyond, according to a report by Universities UK.
Their projections show a decline of 4.6% in the number of British students at university in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with England alone showing a moderate […]
STUDENT PRISONERS PAID £730,000 IN LOANS
It has emerged that £730,000 has been paid in student loans to UK prisoners since 1998; three times more than originally reported.
Latest investigations by the Student Loans Company show that 154 inmates have received money via maintenance loans and grants, 44 in this current academic year alone.
In a written Commons’ statement, the Innovation, Universities, […]
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 […]
RACIST VIDEO SPARKS HUGE PROTEST
A number of students in one of South Africa’s universities are facing criminal charges after a video was found allegedly showing them forcing black campus employees to eat food that had been urinated on. The university has strongly condemned the students’ behaviour in the video.
The incident saw students and staff unite in protest on […]
MERSEYSIDE JUDGES CRITICISED OVER GUN CRIME SENTENCING
In the wake of 11 year old Rhys Jones’ murder last year, Merseyside Chief Constable Bernard Hogan-Howe has aired his belief that judges should not overlook the mandatory five year sentences for possession of a firearm. Such tragic events have made gun crime a hugely emotive issue on Merseyside. There was a public outcry in […]
LGoS COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING
Liverpool Guild of Students has set up a committee to examine the impact that tuition fees have on students. The Scrutiny Committee, set up by Campaigns Officer Liz Williams will produce a report providing clear evidence of how higher education funding affects students and the wider city community, with an assessment of both undergraduate and […]
FOREIGN STUDENTS NEW TARGET FOR FUNDING CUTS
One in seven students are facing further financial hardship in coming academic years as the government has announced as series of cuts to scholarship schemes for foreign undergraduates to allow more money to be spent on tackling climate change. Foreign Secretary David Miliband has announced a slash of over £10m a year in two scholarships […]
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 […]
NUS CONFERENCE REPORT: GOVERNANCE PROPOSALS REJECTED
The NUS was left in tatters last week as the Governance proposals, aimed at modernizing the union’s outdated structures failed to be ratified at its annual conference in Blackpool. A fiery debate heard that the changes would transform the union for the benefit of students and make it more representative. NUS president, Gemma Tumelty, […]
STUDENTS FINED FOR FIRE ALARMS HOAX
Two university students in Liverpool have been fined for setting off fire alarms in student accomodation.
In the first incident, a foreign exchange student at Liverpool University activated a dry powder extinguisher while visiting student halls in Opal Court, London Road, setting off the alarms.
The second involved a John Moores University student, who was a guest […]
NUS DROPS FREE EDUCATION PRINCIPLE
Students at the annual NUS National Conference have voted to get scrap the principle that the National Union of Students will only argue for free education. Although alternative motions to ‘fight for the abolition of all tuition fees and hold a national demonstration’ were proposed, they were defeated by just 41 votes.
The newly-elected president, Wes […]
NUS CONFERENCE: ELECTIONS ROUND-UP
There were few surprises on day two of conference, with elections for the full time positions taking place. The winners were as follows:
President - Wes Streeting
VP Higher Education - Aaron Porter
VP Further Education - Beth Walker (re-elected)
National Secretary - Richard ‘bubble’ Budden
VP Welfare - Ama Uzorwu (re-elected)
Treasurer - Dave Lewis (re-elected)
All candidates elected were strong […]
NUS CONFERENCE: STREETING ELECTED PRESIDENT
It has just been announced that Labour Students Wes Streeting has been elected as President of NUS, receiving 496 of the 962 votes cast. After yesterday’s shock rejection of NUS’ governance proposals, some observers thought another surprise could be on the cards. However, as expected, Streeting won by a very comfortable margin, with Ciaran Norris […]
NUS IN TATTERS AS GOVERNANCE PROPOSALS ARE REJECTED
In the last few minutes, NUS’s controversial governance proposals aimed at overhauling the way our national union is run have been rejected by delegates at the annual conference, Blackpool. Although the proposals received a majority support, it missed out on reaching the 2/3rds majority required for the proposals to be ratified, by 25 votes.
The result […]
STUDENTS DESCEND ON BLACKPOOL FOR NUS CONFERENCE
The time is almost here for the 2008 NUS Conference, to be held at the Winter Gardens hotel in Blackpool. This year, perhaps the most important in NUS’s history, sees the debate of the new governance proposals, which if passed, modernise the NUS into an affective campaigning organisation, able to deliver results for its students […]
PROTEST PLANNED OVER TUNNEL TOLL RISE
A demonstration is to be held outside Birkenhead tunnel when the toll rise is increased at the beginning of next month. The decision was taken after a meeting of the Mersey Tunnel Users Association last night. Representatives from Merseytravel, the regions transport authority, did not attend the meeting and have so far made no comment.
The […]
JMU STUDENT SENTENCED OVER DRUGS STASH
A Liverpool John Moores student was sentenced to eight years in a young offenders institution yesterday, after admitting being in possession of drugs and cash worth over £320,000. The discovery was made by shocked cleaners at Atlantic Point halls of residence when he failed to clear out his room at the end of term. Officers […]
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