UPDATE 2: UCAS Media have apologised and issued the following statement (click here) commenting, “We understand and apologise for the confusion this has caused to some applicants… the e-mail did go through our normal editorial controls but we didn’t account for the truncation of the email title.”
UPDATE: A disgruntled student has set up the Facebook [...]
As former president of the UCL Islamic Society (ISOC) Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is pondering the possibility of a life in prison after his attempted mass murder in the name of ‘jihad’, his successors are continuing in his radical footsteps without contrition.
The ISOC is hosting the Dunya Deception as part of its UK Ramadan Conference on [...]
Recently, we’ve given a lot of coverage to the student top-up and university funding debate, as an issue that will plague institutions and students for decades to come. Below is reprinted a piece speaking out against the ‘Graduate Tax’ propositions endorsed by the National Union of Students. It comes from the Adam Smith Institute – [...]
The title of this piece is similar to what a lot of potential students will be hearing shortly, as universities get set to reject the highest number of applicants ever.
This unfortunate circumstance is certainly a product of the highly inclusive and open system the United Kingdom currently has – but with limited resources, can [...]
Today, Business Secretary Vince Cable announced a rethink on university funding, seemingly favouring a ‘graduate tax’ – an idea long championed by the National Union of Students.
But it’s not popular with everyone and could lead to students ‘paying back’ far more over their careers. The University and College Union called the scheme ‘unfair’ with [...]
In the past few months, we’ve witnessed a dramatic change in global rhetoric vis a vis public spending. Even the stalwart socialist types across the globe are lately arguing for deficit reduction in lieu of the out of favour ’stimulus’ packages that seem consigned to Brown-era government. It’s interesting to note that meanwhile, there are [...]
This is a guest post for Student Rights by Natalie Wold. Views expressed in this piece do not constitute Student Rights’ views or opinions on the matter discussed.
Sunday, while meeting a friend for lunch near Whitehall I had the privilege of witnessing the hundreds of protesters who took the streets of London in [...]
‘Coming to the UK is a privilege not a right, and I am not willing to allow those who might not be conducive to the public good to enter the UK.’
The words of Home Secretary Teresa May resonate around the counter-terror and counter-radicalisation blogs this morning as ‘hate preacher’ Zakir Naik is halted [...]
