Additional NUS Elections 2019 – Trans Students’ Officer and FE NEC
The NUS Chief Returning Officer (CRO) has announced two further elections for 2019/20 positions. These elections are being held to fill vacancies which have arisen following Democratic Conferences this year. The positions being elected...
Rob Simkins elected NUS Wales President
Rob, who has served as group president at Trinity Saint David Students’ Union for the past two years, will take up his new role in July.
Speaking on his election, Rob said: “I’m incredibly excited...
More acts revealed for Radio 1’s Big Weekend Middlesbrough
Radio 1’s Big Weekend just had got even bigger in Middlesbrough with the announcement of the final few acts added to the line-up for the sold out event.
Twenty One Pilots, Dave and Foals have...
NUS temporarily suspends Candidate who congratulated Netanyahu on election Victory
The National Union of Students (NUS) in the United Kingdom temporarily suspended a campaign by one of its delegates after he applauded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his electoral victory last week.
Jack Morewood,...
Bangladesh: Ensure Justice for Murdered Student Young Woman Killed After Bringing Sexual Assault Complaint
The Bangladesh government should thoroughly investigate the murder of a madrassa student and fairly prosecute all those responsible, Human Rights Watch has said. The murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, who was killed after she filed a complaint...
Brexit wasn’t triggered by the old and unhappy, but by financial worries
Academics at the Universities of Bristol, Warwick and ETH Zurich, analysed the views of 8,000 prospective voters to determine what factors led to anti-EU sentiment.
They reveal how UK citizen's feelings about their incomes were...
New scholarship launched to attract students from disadvantaged backgrounds
The Futures Scholarship Programme is open to incoming undergraduate students and offers an initial arrival bursary of £2,000, which they can apply for before accepting a place – a move which the University hopes...
Political fake news: they might be a liar but they’re my liar
The research found supporters of the politicians reduced their belief in misinformation once corrected, yet their feelings towards the political figure remained unchanged if misinformation was presented alongside an equal number of facts.
Following the...
Fighting With My Family
A pair of siblings are offered the chance to represent their wrestling-mad family on the biggest stage of all: WWE. But how will they cope when the pressure kicks in? Based on the 2012...
Somaliland: Free poet detained for critical poems
Somaliland authorities should immediately and unconditionally release from arbitrary detention Abdirahman Ibrahim Adan, a poet also known as Abdirahman Abees, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today.
Abdirahman Abees, a popular poet with British...