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 [...]
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 [...]
An interesting piece from the BBC today outlines how a young Muslim man who was sent to Pakistan for drug rehabilitation was recruited into the Taliban, taught to use an AK-47 and soon found himself undergoing extensive guerilla training.
In yet another revelation about the extremist threat to the UK, ‘Irfan’ (identity masked for safety) told [...]
There’s been a lot of talk recently about university funding cuts and the implications for students, jobs, and the future of higher education in the United Kingdom. Cambridge University has begun employing a quasi-American model to fix this problem – donors… lots and lots of donors.
In 2005 (in an act of prescience, no doubt) Cambridge [...]
A new Student Rights report has revealed growing support for tough action against extremism and radicalisation in the UK, specifically on university campuses.
We surveyed 164 parliamentary candidates during the general election campaign period, revealing that over 90% of prospective parliamentarians are aware and greatly concerned about extremism in the UK.
Raheem Kassam, Director of Student Rights [...]
FitFinder, the popular social networking website for UK students, has been temporarily taken down due to pressure from universities over the perceived distraction to students, confirms the site’s creator and University College London student, Rich Martell.
Rich has been fined £300 by the University College London for ‘bringing the college into disrepute’ as his flirtacious website [...]
